They've got a short fuse and their reactions are exaggerated.

I have had it with that stuff. I have a very short fuse with that stuff.

He's really got a short fuse. And when he doesn't do well, he gets [angry]. It's something he'll learn, I think, to be a little bit better about.

I don't like losing but I've mellowed. I maybe have a short fuse but it goes away quicker now.

I want to fuse the abrasive and the beautiful.

We didn't actually overspend our budget. The allocation simply fell short of our expenditure.