mint elefánt a porcelánboltban
Hungarian
Etymology
Literally: “like an elephant in the china shop”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mint ˈɛlɛfaːnt ɒ ˈport͡sɛlaːmboldbɒn]
Adjective
mint elefánt a porcelánboltban
- (simile) like a bull in a china shop
- Synonym: mint elefánt a porcelánüzletben
Further reading
- Paczolay, Gyula: 750 Hungarian Proverbs. Veszprém: Veszprémi Nyomda. 1991. →ISBN
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