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(noun) a clumsy person, a careless person

Example Sentences:

The 5 year-old boy was like a bull in a china shop when he visited his grandmother. He caused a lot of damage by knocking over and breaking a lot of her expensive things.

After Shawn got drunk, he was acting like a bull in a china shop. We got kicked out of the pub because he broke all of our glasses!

Media:

a bull in a china shop

Similar idioms:

  1. butterfingers
  2. grab the bull by the horns
  3. take the bull by the horns
  4. talk shop
  5. kick someone out
  6. all thumbs
  7. the straw that broke the camel’s back
  8. window-shop

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