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“Have a short fuse”in other languages

Lose your temper easily.

  • English
  • Finnish
  • French
  • Spanish
English
have a short fuse
Finnish
Olla pinna kireällä literally To have the spoke tight
French
Être soupe au lait literally To be milk soup
Spanish
Tener mala uva literally To have bad grape
Behind the words

Same idea, different pictures

English comes from explosives: the shorter the fuse, the sooner the bang. French is milk soup, être soupe au lait: milk boils over the moment it gets hot.

Finnish has its spoke too tight, olla pinna kireällä. Spanish has bad grape, tener mala uva, which can also mean bad intentions.

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