How to Pronounce "a bull in a china shop"

expression

uh BOOL in uh CHY-nuh SHAHp

uh BOOL in uh CHY-nuh SHOP

Definition

An idiom describing someone who is very clumsy, careless, or likely to accidentally cause damage, especially in a delicate or sensitive situation.

American English

ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈbʊɫ/ /ˈɪn/, /ɪn/ /ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈtʃaɪnə/ /ˈʃɑp

British English

æɪ/ /bˈʊl/ /ˈɪn/ /æɪ/ /tʃˈaɪnɐ/ /ʃˈɒp

uh BOOL in uh CHY-nuh SHAHp

uh BOOL in uh CHY-nuh SHOP

Tom is like a bull in a china shop when he cleans the house.

Be careful—with your big backpack, you’ll be a bull in a china shop.

If you’re nervous, you might act like a bull in a china shop.

Give Mark anything fragile and he turns into a bull in a china shop.