Wonderfully Evocative » Idioms http://www.wonderfullyevocative.com Dictionary of Clichés, Expressions, Figures of Speech, Idioms, Phrases, and Sayings Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:18:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 a bull in a china shop http://www.wonderfullyevocative.com/2011/10/a-bull-in-a-china-shop/ http://www.wonderfullyevocative.com/2011/10/a-bull-in-a-china-shop/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:15:31 +0000 Brent http://www.wonderfullyevocative.com/?p=50 Cliché | Expression | Figure of Speech | Idiom | Saying:

  • a bull in a china shop

Language | Dialect:

  • English

Definition | Meaning | Sense | Translation:

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  • bicho de sete cabeças

Language

  • Portuguese

Literal Meaning | Definition | Translation

  • a seven-headed beast
  • a huge complication
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  • chercher la petite bête

Language

  • French

Literal Meaning | Definition | Translation

  • to search for the tiny beast
  • to nit-pick
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  • Kankkulan kaivoon

Language

  • Finnish

Literal Meaning | Definition | Translation

  1. into the well of Kankkula
  2. to go to waste
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  • kaututang dila

Language

  • Tagalog

Literal Meaning | Definition | Translation

    1. a farting tongue.
    2. a gossip.
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      • around the horn
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