short fuse

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short fuse (plural short fuses)

  1. (idiomatic) The personality trait of being quick to anger.
    to be on a short fuse
    Be careful of what you say; he has a short fuse.
    • 1993 November, Lynn Hirschberg, “Brat on a Hot Tin Roof”, in Vanity Fair‎[1]:
      In a few short years, she has sent two fiancés and various managers and flacks packing and earned a reputation as one of L.A.'s shortest fuses.

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