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Electro Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
What is meant by "He's on a short fuse"?
0 Hello. Recently on a Cambridge Proficiency course I came across an idiom 'he's on a short fuse'. They told us an equivalent Bulgarian proverb, but I didn't understand the latter either 05 0 00 Could you explain me and give me an example? 010id 5
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0 I know "s/he has a short fuse", which means the person gets angry very easily. 0-
- 0 I know "s/he has a short fuse", which means the person gets angry very easily.
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0 I know "s/he has a short fuse", which means the person gets angry very easily. 0-
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0 A fuse is what you light on a stick of dynamite. If it has a short fuse, it explodes quickly. 02 br
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00 So, someone with a "short fuse", like Pieanne said, get angry (explodes) with little provocation. 02 br
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00 We might also say that someone "explodes with rage". 0-
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00 So, someone with a "short fuse", like Pieanne said, get angry (explodes) with little provocation. 02 br
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00 We might also say that someone "explodes with rage". 0-
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0 In another forum, BobK (the moderator, BrE) says: 02 br
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00 About 01 font 00 'on a short fuse' 02 font 00 - it refers to a 01 i 00 temporary 02 i 00 condition. If 02 br
00 someone is 01 i 00 permanently/constitutionally 02 i 00 short-tempered, 01 font
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00 About 01 font 00 'on a short fuse' 02 font 00 - it refers to a 01 i 00 temporary 02 i 00 condition. If 02 br
00 someone is 01 i 00 permanently/constitutionally 02 i 00 short-tempered, 01 font
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