See like a bull in a china shop in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "smidig som en elefant i en porslinsaffär"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "clumsy, aggressive",
"word": "züccaciye dükkanına giren fil gibi"
}
],
"word": "like a bull in a china shop"
}
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"expansion": "like a bull in a china shop (not comparable)",
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"word": "like a bull at a gate"
}
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"ref": "1869, Every Saturday: a journal of choice reading, page 108:",
"text": "Some comparisons in general use partake of the humorous and satirical, as when one man is said to comport himself “like a bull in a china shop”.",
"type": "quote"
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"Clumsily, aggressively, without care, concern or self-control."
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"Clumsily",
"clumsily"
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"aggressively",
"aggressively"
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"(simile) Clumsily, aggressively, without care, concern or self-control."
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "clumsily, aggressively",
"word": "com un elefant en una terrisseria"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "clumsily, aggressively",
"word": "kiel elefanto en porcelanejo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "clumsily, aggressively",
"word": "kuin norsu posliinikaupassa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "clumsily, aggressively",
"word": "comme un éléphant dans un magasin de porcelaine"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "clumsily, aggressively",
"word": "wie ein Elefant im Porzellanladen"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "hûs dià rhódōn",
"sense": "clumsily, aggressively",
"word": "ὗς διὰ ῥόδων"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "clumsily, aggressively",
"word": "mint elefánt a porcelánboltban"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "clumsily, aggressively",
"word": "come un elefante in una cristalleria"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "clumsily, aggressively",
"word": "jak słoń w składzie porcelany"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "clumsily, aggressively",
"word": "como um elefante numa loja de cristais"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "clumsily, aggressively",
"word": "como um elefante em uma loja de cristais"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "clumsily, aggressively",
"word": "como um elefante numa loja de louças"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "clumsily, aggressively",
"word": "como um elefante em uma loja de louças"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kak slón v posúdnoj lávke",
"sense": "clumsily, aggressively",
"word": "как сло́н в посу́дной ла́вке"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "clumsily, aggressively",
"word": "ako slon v porceláne"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "clumsily, aggressively",
"word": "como elefante en cristalería"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "clumsily, aggressively",
"word": "como un chivo en cristalería"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "clumsily, aggressively",
"word": "como un elefante en una cacharrería"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "clumsily, aggressively",
"word": "som en elefant i en porslinsbutik"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "clumsily, aggressively",
"word": "som en elefant i en porslinsaffär"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "clumsily, aggressively",
"word": "züccaciye dükkanına giren fil gibi"
}
],
"word": "like a bull in a china shop"
}
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