bull-in-a-china-shop
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
7
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Europe, more so than America, depends heavily on the extraction of Africa's rich natural resources, essential for its prosperity and it will not allow Reagan's bull-in-a-china-shop diplomacy in Africa to rock the boat."
- "With Jane, Allen came on in his usual bull-in-a-china-shop way."
- "The NRA did not back the full auto amendment to the FOPA. It was proposed on the floor just before the full vote and immediaely put to a voice vote by Tip O'Neill. Most of the people within ear-shot of the vote thought the vote went nay, but Tip in his usual bull-in-a-china-shop manner, rammed it on through declaring it passed. At that point it became fiat accompli, and if the NRA wanted anything, it became take it or leave it."
- "The bull-in-a-china-shop behavior is tolerated because many administrators think ambitious people should behave this way. However, an exterior of turbulence is often used to mask feelings of insecurity."
Usage
Inflected Forms
more bull-in-a-china-shop (comparative)
most bull-in-a-china-shop (superlative)