mint elefánt a porcelánüzletben

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Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally: “like an elephant in the china shop”.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [mint ˈɛlɛfaːnt ɒ ˈport͡sɛlaːnyzlɛdbɛn]

Adjective[edit]

mint elefánt a porcelánüzletben

(simile) Synonym of mint elefánt a porcelánboltban (“like a bull in a china shop”).

Further reading[edit]

Paczolay, Gyula: 750 Hungarian Proverbs. Veszprém: Veszprémi Nyomda. 1991. →ISBN

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