a bull in a china shop

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   a person who is careless, or who moves or acts in a rough or awkward way, in a place or situation where skill and care are needed

   Andy was really sleep deprived and exhausted and our oncologist basically just stormed in there like a bull in a China shop with a bunch of other registrars around him and read Andy the Riot Act on his chances being slim and it could be a choice if he wanted to just not go ahead.

In the movies · 1

• Andy was really sleep deprived and exhausted and our oncologist basically just stormed in there like a bull in a China shop with a bunch of other registrars around him and read Andy the Riot Act on his chances being slim and it could be a choice if he wanted to just not go ahead.Be Here Now2015
• This is my home and my place of work and you are a bull in my china shop.The Hustle2019

Learn it in full scenes

• Be Here Now2015
  • Andy Shows His Kids the Sword
  • Andy Wins the Role of Spartacus
  • Andy Whitfield's Cancer Returns

From the same entry

• take the bull by the horns
• shoot the breeze
• like waving a red flag in front of a bull