Apedia

Bull China Shop In The Loop 084 Insensitive Delicate Situations Clumsy

Id in_the_loop_084
Idiom BULL IN A CHINA SHOP
Definition insensitive to delicate situations; to be so clumsy that one breaks things inadvertently
Examples
  1. Tom was a bit of a bull in a china shop when he met his girlfriend’s family, asking all the wrong kinds of questions about her relatives.
  2. Larry can’t take his son into the glassware store because he always manages to break things. He’s like a bull in a china shop.
Category People: descriptions of people (nouns)

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Bum gave steer in_the_loop_085 give bad advice instructions

Previous card: Bug irritate i someone’s dander means in_the_loop_083 bother

Up to card list: In the Loop