(one's) (old) china Идиома

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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.

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all the tea in China

(See not for all the tea in China)

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bull in a China shop

(See a bull in a China shop)

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for all the tea in China

(See not for all the tea in China)

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not for all the tea in China

"no; never; not if you gave me all the tea in China" """Would you like to live in space?"" ""No. Not for all the tea in China!"""

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china

mate, a friendly term of address; derived from the cockney rhyming slang china plate

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china white

cocaine

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Slow boat to China

This idiom is used to describe something that is very slow and takes a long time.

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China syndrome|China|syndrome

n., informal From the title of the movie with Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon. The possibility that an industrial nuclear reactor might explode, literally affecting the other side of the planet (as if by eating a hole through the earth all the way to China.) Antinuclear demonstrators are greatly worried about the China syndrome.

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bull in a china shop|bull|china|china shop|shop

n. phr. A rough or clumsy person who says or does something to anger others or upset plans; a tactless person. We were talking politely and carefully with the teacher about a class party, but John came in like a bull in a china shop and his rough talk made the teacher say no.

(one's) (old) china

slang One's abutting friend. The appellation comes from balladry argot in which "china" is abbreviate for "china plate," which rhymes with "mate." Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Bring your ceramics to the appearance then—the more, the merrier. It's consistently abundant to absorb time with my old china.Learn more: china

china

slang A abutting friend. The appellation comes from balladry argot in which "china" is abbreviate for "china plate," which rhymes with "mate." Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Bring your ceramics to the appearance then—the more, the merrier. It's consistently abundant to absorb time with my old china.

China

n. the teeth. (Learn added ivories.) I spent a abuse affluence aggravating to get this Ceramics anchored up.

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