what does a bull in a china shop mean?

sol

it's from a interview page, the original sentence is
$ P7 i  H* t4 G5 l1 c: V6 CUnless you’ve been specifically recruited to make fast, radical change, few people will appreciate a “bull in a China shop” approach.

billzhao

Definition: someone who is clumsy; someone who upsets other people's plans
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- u8 f3 O% j! f. ]Explanation: Used when talking about a person who is rather insensitive
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2 X8 p1 K/ ^! [Examples: He was like a bull in a china shop with our new clients. - His lack of understanding made him appear as a bull in a china shop.

billzhao

be like a bull in a china shop
; d9 b# q9 `; v, lto often drop or break things because you move awkwardly or roughly. Rob's like a bull in a china shop - don't let him near those plants. She's like a bull in a china shop when it comes to dealing with people's feelings. (= behaves in a way that offends people)

sol

3 p8 ]- R' t, d  Z; q2 ji asked the same question to a native speaker, she even didn't the meaning.

sweetspot

原帖由 sol 于 2008-6-5 19:45 发表
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i asked the same question to a native speaker, she even didn't the meaning.

7 _  A) R0 ~6 [: b' }2 S9 rYou aleardy got the answer from Billzhao

康派鹫

在瓷器商店乱闯的公牛。

xb.su

OMG, 终于明白了，此CHINA非彼CHINA