a bull in a china shop
(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!
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Similar idioms:
- butterfingers
- grab the bull by the horns
- take the bull by the horns
- kick someone out
- all thumbs
- the straw that broke the camel’s back
- talk shop
