English

Adjective

like a bull in a china shop

1. (simile) Clumsy, aggressive, without care or concern, without self-control.
   • 1855, Robert De Valcourt, The illustrated manners book: a manual of good behavior and polite, page 89:

     An awkward man in society is like a bull in a china shop, always doing mischief.

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Adverb

like a bull in a china shop

1. (simile) Clumsily, aggressively, without care or concern, without self-control.
   • 1869, Every Saturday: a journal of choice reading, page 108:

     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".

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