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bull in a china shop

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Something that destroys everything it touches, the antonym of the midas touch
What's worse than a bull in a china shop? A hedgehog in a condom factory.
by Gumba Gumba August 4, 2004
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bull in a china shop

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a big, reckless person in a room full of fragile things
Imagine a 300-pound football player at a tea party, and you have a bull in a china shop.
by VAKI5 May 9, 2005
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Oh Jess, have you fallen over again? Stop being such a bull in a china shop.
by lubeybradasikwan November 2, 2018
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To be like a bull in a china shop is a simile used to describe an extremely rough or dangerous person in a place where gentleness is a must.

It brings to mind the image of a huge rodeo bull exploding into a tiny curio store and throwing his weight around in a beserk rage, annihilating every last teacup.
The huge wrestler burst into the house, knocking pictures off the wall like a bull in a china shop.
by #667 July 15, 2009
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