have a low boiling point

Fig. to anger easily. Be nice to John. He's upset and has a low boiling point. Mr. Jones sure has a low boiling point. I hardly said anything, and he got angry.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lori	LAWR-ee	English
Ogden	AWG-dən	English
Jehanne	-	Medieval French
Aldrin	['ɔ:ldrin]
Simoni	-	Georgian
Ida	IE-də (English), EE-dah (German, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, Italian)	English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovene