| Yet he has a very short fuse, perhaps the inevitable result of coping with his blindness in such a pressurised job. |
| However, I have my weaknesses, and one of them is that I have a pretty short fuse when I think someone is questioning my limits. |
| He now has a very short fuse so far as temper tantrums are concerned. |
| The Conservative leader is formidable, a successful barrister with a good grasp of detail, albeit with a well-documented short fuse. |
| He is still a bruiser in the paint, with an unpredictable biorhythm and an occasionally short fuse. |
| Don't treat business as though it were a lighted fire-cracker with a short fuse. |
