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What happens to the bull in the china shop?

What happens to the bull in the china shop?

Whoever brought that bull into the china shop would never be welcome again, and—what’s more—it would take forever to clean up.

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Amy C. Williams
Feb 09, 2023
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For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross. (Colossians 1:19-20)

I’ve always been curious as to where the idiom “a bull in a china shop” came from. Like, did someone actually bring a bull into …

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