单词 | bull in a china shop |
释义 | bull in a china shopSEE SYNONYMS FOR bull in a china shop ON THESAURUS.COM 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 shopbullhead, 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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