Comme un Éléphant

Two more French phrases:

Comme un éléphant dans un magasin de porcelaine :
Literally: Like an elephant in a porcelain shop:
Like a bull in a china shop.

On ne peut pas sonner la cloche et suivre la procession :
Literally: One cannot ring the bell and follow the procession:
You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.

Taken from: ‘Don’t Toss Granny in the Begonias: Faut pas Pousser Mémé dans les Bégonias’ par Marie-Hélène Claudel-Gilly et Primrose Arnander.

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