Idiom
short temper
Meaning
The personality trait of being quick to anger.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He has a short temper and gets angry easily.”
“You should avoid arguing with him because he has a short temper and loses his patience quickly.”
“Despite his professional success, his notoriously short temper often alienated colleagues, making collaborative projects difficult to manage.”
Examples
simple
“He has a short temper and gets angry easily.”
contextual
“You should avoid arguing with him because he has a short temper and loses his patience quickly.”
complex
“Despite his professional success, his notoriously short temper often alienated colleagues, making collaborative projects difficult to manage.”
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