| Yet he has a very short fuse, perhaps the inevitable result of coping with his blindness in such a pressurised job. |
| The Conservative leader is formidable, a successful barrister with a good grasp of detail, albeit with a well-documented short fuse. |
| There is a short fuse and a certain explosion at the end of this piece of treachery. |
| Don't treat business as though it were a lighted fire-cracker with a short fuse. |
| I offered to show them how to throw a smoke bomb, and they gave me one with an extra short fuse. |
| He now has a very short fuse so far as temper tantrums are concerned. |
