like a bull in a china shop

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56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: jako slon v porcelánu — clumsy, aggressive
• Danish: som en elefant i en porcelænsbutik — clumsy, aggressive
• Danish: som en elefant i en glasbutik — clumsy, aggressive
• Esperanto: kiel elefanto en porcelanejo — clumsy, aggressive
• Finnish: kuin norsu posliinikaupassa — clumsy, aggressive
• French: comme un éléphant dans un magasin de porcelaine — clumsy, aggressive
• German: wie ein Elefant im Porzellanladen — clumsy, aggressive
• Greek: σαν ταύρος σε υαλοπωλείο (san távros se yalopoleío) — clumsy, aggressive
• Greek: σαν ταύρος εν υαλοπωλείω (san távros en yalopoleío) — clumsy, aggressive
• Hebrew: כְּמוֹ פִּיל בַּחֲנוּת חַרְסִינָה (k'mó pil bakhanút kharsína) — clumsy, aggressive
• Hungarian: mint elefánt a porcelánüzletben — clumsy, aggressive
• Hungarian: mint elefánt a porcelánboltban — clumsy, aggressive
• Italian: come un elefante in una cristalleria — clumsy, aggressive
• Māori: ninipa — clumsy, aggressive
• Polish: jak słoń w składzie porcelany — clumsy, aggressive
• Portuguese: como um elefante numa loja de cristais — clumsy, aggressive
• Portuguese: como um elefante em uma loja de cristais — clumsy, aggressive
• Portuguese: como um elefante numa loja de louças — clumsy, aggressive
• Portuguese: como um elefante em uma loja de louças — clumsy, aggressive
• Russian: как слон в посу́дной ла́вке (kak slon v posúdnoj lávke) — clumsy, aggressive
• Serbo-Croatian: kao slon u staklarni — clumsy, aggressive
• Serbo-Croatian: kao slon u staklani — clumsy, aggressive
• Serbo-Croatian: kao slon u staklarnici — clumsy, aggressive
• Serbo-Croatian: kao slon u prodavaonici porculana — clumsy, aggressive
• Slovak: ako slon v porceláne — clumsy, aggressive
• Slovak: ako slon medzi procelánom — clumsy, aggressive
• Spanish: como elefante en cristalería — clumsy, aggressive
• Spanish: como un chivo en cristalería — clumsy, aggressive
• Spanish: como un elefante en una cacharrería — clumsy, aggressive
• Swedish: smidig som en elefant i en porslinsbutik — clumsy, aggressive
• Swedish: smidig som en elefant i en porslinsaffär — clumsy, aggressive
• Turkish: züccaciye dükkanına giren fil gibi — clumsy, aggressive
• Catalan: com un elefant en una terrisseria — clumsily, aggressively
• Dutch: als een olifant in een porseleinkast — clumsily, aggressively
• Esperanto: kiel elefanto en porcelanejo — clumsily, aggressively
• Finnish: kuin norsu posliinikaupassa — clumsily, aggressively
• French: comme un éléphant dans un magasin de porcelaine — clumsily, aggressively
• German: wie ein Elefant im Porzellanladen — clumsily, aggressively
• German: wie die Axt im Walde — clumsily, aggressively
• Ancient Greek: ὗς διὰ ῥόδων (hûs dià rhódōn) — clumsily, aggressively
• Hungarian: mint elefánt a porcelánboltban — clumsily, aggressively
• Italian: come un elefante in una cristalleria — clumsily, aggressively
• Polish: jak słoń w składzie porcelany — clumsily, aggressively
• Portuguese: como um elefante numa loja de cristais — clumsily, aggressively
• Portuguese: como um elefante em uma loja de cristais — clumsily, aggressively
• Portuguese: como um elefante numa loja de louças — clumsily, aggressively
• Portuguese: como um elefante em uma loja de louças — clumsily, aggressively
• Russian: как сло́н в посу́дной ла́вке (kak slón v posúdnoj lávke) — clumsily, aggressively
• Slovak: ako slon v porceláne — clumsily, aggressively
• Slovak: ako slon medzi procelánom — clumsily, aggressively
• Spanish: como elefante en cristalería — clumsily, aggressively
• Spanish: como un chivo en cristalería — clumsily, aggressively
• Spanish: como un elefante en una cacharrería — clumsily, aggressively
• Swedish: som en elefant i en porslinsbutik — clumsily, aggressively
• Swedish: som en elefant i en porslinsaffär — clumsily, aggressively
• Turkish: züccaciye dükkanına giren fil gibi — clumsily, aggressively