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Almost the only time a fat man loses his temper is when he has been deprived of his food.

The fact that I lost my temper made matters still worse.

A quick temper is the only defect in her character.

My son loves to throw temper tantrums in the supermarket.

His quick temper will get him in trouble one day.

lose somebody's temper

Don't be such a hothead. A short temper will cost you.

It's a kind of virtue to keep one's temper.

She is in a temper, because she missed her usual train in the subway and had to walk to work.

He was behaving so stupidly that I couldn't keep my temper.

I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.

His violent temper has cost him not only his job but his marriage as well.

tempered steel

It would take a whole army to temper him.

Don't get all bent out of shape over little things. A short temper can make you poor.

I'm not in the mood.

Her mood graduated to irritation.

Music started playing in the restaurant so there was a real romantic mood.

This music suits my present mood.

Everybody is in a good mood looking forward to the five-day holiday that starts tomorrow.

You may not be in the mood to hear this now, but I need to tell you something important.

I was completely bewildered by his sudden change of mood.

Clouds blacken the sky (and everyone's mood).

As the popping sound of the fireworks stopped, it suddenly became quiet around me. The smell of gunpowder somehow put me in a sentimental mood.

When you travel abroad, you feel very expansive, and it's easy to overspend in a mood like that.

the weather has a positive influence on my mood

What mood was she in?

when the mood takes you When the mood takes him, he can be a real laugh.

In so doing, it is paying scant regard to the mood of the Member States and their residents.

The public mood changed dramatically after the bombing. He's always in a bad mood