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bull in a china shop

1. a clumsy person who deals too roughly with a delicate situation; a rough person who is near breakable things; a tactless person who says or does something that angers people or upsets their plans

1. We told her it was a delicate situation but she went into the meeting like a bull in a china shop.

2. Inviting the wrestling team to the ceramics exhibit was like letting bulls into a china shop.

3. As a politician, he was a bull in a china shop and often had to apologize for his rough speech.

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