Sens: John Bulln. John Bull, l'anglais typique, le peuple anglais; nom d'un personnage symbolisant l'Angleterre ou encore l'anglais typique, personnage crée par John Arbuthnot et repris dans les bandes dessinées par Thomas Nast (USA); John Bull (1562 - 1628), compositeur britannique
John Bull Idiome
a bull in a China shop
"a big, reckless person in a room full of fragile things; cramp your style" Imagine a 300-pound football player at a tea party, and you have a bull in a China shop.
bite the bullet
try harder, be tougher "Bite the bullet during exam week. Don't party; just study."
bull/bullshit/BS
a story that is not all true, balderdash His explanation is a lot of bull. Don't believe it.
bull-headed
" stubborn; inflexible."
bull in a China shop
(See a bull in a China shop)
bully for you
you were lucky, good for you "When I beat Ed at cribbage, he says, ""Bully for you!"""
cock and bull
nonsense, bull, BS Don't believe that cock-and-bull story about Bigfoot.
dodge a bullet
avoid a failure or loss or injury "Kevin dodged a bullet. He got a ""D"" on the final exam."
hit the bull
go to the most important part of a matter, reach the main question She hit the bull
hit the bulls-eye
reach the main point I think that he really hit the bulls-eye when he talked about the problems with the regular staff.
John Bull
A burlesque personifying archetypal English people, abnormally an English man, or England as a whole. The appearance is a actual bright John Bull, emblematic British colonialism at its worst.Learn more: bull, johnLearn more:
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