[Lexicog] animal metaphors

[Translation MALI]

Well, Steve,

Having eaten in a Chinese restaurant today and having gone to a movie
with a Chinese tonight, all I can say that the Chinese would not behave
like a bull in an elephant shop.

John,

A further nuance: What if it were an elephant who wants to buy a little
porcelain elephant in a china-shop?

Elefantastically yours,

Fritz Goerling


Steve,

That would probably depend on whether it was a place where elephants shopped
or where you could buy an elephant.

John Roberts

> In German we say "he behaves like an elephant in a china-shop."
>
>
> So, Fritz, what would it be like to behave like a Chinaman in an elephant
> shop?
>
>
> Steve White, Jaars language software support
> 704-843-6337, 1-800-215-7813
>
>





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