Idiom idiom
temper temper
Meaning
Used to tell someone to mind their (bad) temper
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Temper, temper, there is no need to shout at me.”
“When the child started throwing his toys in anger, his mother calmly said, temper, temper.”
“As the debate grew heated and his voice rose, his colleague leaned over and whispered, temper, temper, to remind him to maintain his composure.”
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Last updated August 10, 2026