A century earlier, the symbol of the archetypal Englishman was John Bull, a character portrayed as irascible, strong-minded, querulous, and not particularly neighborly.
一个世纪前，英国男人的典型代表就是约翰·布尔。他被描写为一个易怒的、有主见的、爱发牢骚的、不是特别友好的人。
We were just about to come to an agreement when John came in like a bull in a China shop. His rough remarks turned everything upside down.
我们正快要谈妥时，约翰像公牛闯进瓷器店似的跑进来，说话粗野，把一切都给搅坏了。
This is a God that would be almost as unfamiliar to Edmund Gosse's father, to John Calvin or the Pope as it would to a Roman sacrificing a bull to Mithras.
这样的上帝，不管是在埃德蒙多•戈瑟的父亲、约翰·加尔文(John Calvin)或者教皇看来，还是在用牛祭祀太阳神的罗马人的眼中，几乎同样都是陌生的。
She didn't invite John to her wedding because he might turn out to be a bull in a China shop.
她没请约翰参加婚礼，因为他也许会因莽撞而生事。
She didn't invite John to her wedding because he might turn out to be a bull in a China shop.
她没请约翰参加婚礼，因为他也许会因莽撞而生事。
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