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单词 bull in a china shop
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bull in a china shop

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An extremely clumsy person, as in Her living room, with its delicate furniture and knickknacks, made him feel like a bull in a china shop. The precise origin for this term has been lost; it was first recorded in Frederick Marryat's novel, Jacob Faithful (1834).

Words nearby bull in a china shop

bullhead, bullheaded, bull header, bullhead rail, bullhorn, bull in a china shop, bullion, bullionist, bullish, Bullitt, bull kelp
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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