Communication
like a bull in a china shop
clumsy or tactless
If someone is like a bull in a china shop, they behave clumsily or without enough care in a delicate situation.
Hear it in real life
Did you manage to discuss the problem calmly?
Not really. I was like a bull in a china shop and made things worse.
I felt like a bull in a china shop when I tried to help in the crowded kitchen.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I was like a bull at a china shop.
Say: I was like a bull in a china shop.
The fixed idiom uses "in a china shop," not "at a china shop."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be like a bull in a china shop; was like a bull in a china shop
Your turn: say it out loud
I felt like a bull in a china shop when I tried to help in the crowded kitchen.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
like a bull in a china shop
clumsy or tactless
“I felt like a bull in a china shop when I tried to help in the crowded kitchen.”
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