🐂 Bull
"A bull in a china shop"
Meaning
A person who is careless in a delicate situation.
About the bull
Bulls are large, forceful, and associated with market trading, which is why their idioms describe stubbornness, aggression, or reckless charging ahead.
Example sentence
Timo entered the quiet library like a bull in a china shop, dropping books and laughing loudly.
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Which idiom means...
A person who is careless in a delicate situation.
More bull idioms
BullIdiom
"Take the bull by the horns"
To face a difficult problem directly.
BullIdiom
"Have a bull by the tail"
To be involved in a difficult problem that is hard to control.
BullIdiom
"A cock-and-bull story"
A silly and unbelievable excuse.
BullIdiom
"Grasp the bull by the horns"
To face a difficult problem directly.
BullIdiom
"Lock horns"
To argue or fight strongly.
BullIdiom
"Take the bull by the horns"
To face a difficult problem directly.