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
Dolores	[də'ləuris]
Iudith	-	Biblical Latin
Sofia	zo-FEE-ah (German), so-FEE-ah (Italian), soo-FEE-ə (Portuguese), SO-fee-ah (Finnish)	Norwegian, Swedish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Greek, Finnish, Estonian, Slovak, Romanian
Krzysiek	-	Polish
Lycurgus	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized)
RamŪNas	-	Lithuanian