a bull in a china shop
*a bull in a china shop
Prov. a very clumsy creature in a delicate situation. (*Typically: as awkward as ~; like ~.)
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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- a couple of
- a dream come true
- a fleeting glance
- agenda
- a greasy spoon
- a grandfather clause
- aid so in doing sth
- ain't got the brains God gave a squirrel
- a little pricey
- All things must pass.
- (all) well and good
- ally
- and so on
- An empty sack cannot stand upright.
- annex
- an offer one cannot refuse
- answer to the name (of) sth
- a nut case
- any
- a pain in the rear
- apply (to so or sth) (for sth)
