short temper

short temper

A tendency to become angered, enraged, or upset very quickly or easily. I'm usually a pretty calm person, but whenever I start driving, I find I have such a short temper. That short temper of yours is going to get you into trouble one of these days.
See also: short, temper
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • have a quick temper
  • quick temper
  • short fuse
  • a short fuse
  • fuse
  • have (got) a short fuse
  • be on a short fuse
  • be on/have a short fuse
  • have a short fuse
  • lose temper
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She suspects (and that's her job, after all) that his short temper is because she has just been promoted way above him.
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A BABY whose dad has "a very short temper" died with brain damage and a fractured skull, a jury in a murder trial heard yesterday.
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But lawyer Danny Morin arrived late for the hearing in Los Angeles and judge Manuel Real, who is famed for his short temper, threw out the case.
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