Nixon in China
idiomSuggesting the ability of a politician with an unassailable reputation among his or her supporters for representing and defending their values to take actions that would draw their criticism and even opposition if taken by someone without those credentials.
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all the tea in China
Something very valuable or priceless.
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bull in a china shop
A person who is clumsy, aggressive, without care, concern or self-control.
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China syndrome
A hypothetical kind of catastrophic failure in which a nuclear reactor melts through the floor of its containment system and (if on land) penetrates the Earth's surface, continuing downward as if (from a Western Hemispheric point of view) traveling through the planet toward China.
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made in China
Cheaply manufactured; of poor or low quality, (especially) if made in East Asia.
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price of tea in China
Something that is relevant or important, usually used to emphasize that another, compared thing is irrelevant, unimportant, or non sequitur, or that someone unaware of it is ignorant, etc.