bull in a china shop

bull in a china shop
*a bull in a china shop
Prov. a very clumsy creature in a delicate situation. (*Typically: as awkward as \bull in a china shop; like \bull in a china shop.) •

I never know what to say at a funeral. I feel like a bull in a china shop, trampling on feelings without even meaning to.

Lester felt like a bull in a china shop; reaching for an orange, he made several elaborate pyramids of fruit tumble down.

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{n. phr.} A rough or clumsy person who says or does something to anger others or upset plans; a tactless person. * /We were talking politely and carefully with the teacher about a class party, but John came in like a bull in a china shop and his rough talk made the teacher say no./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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