| 释义 |
Idiom lose one's temper Theme: ANGER - RELEASE to become angry.Please don't lose your temper. It's not good for you.I'm sorry that I lost my temper.
lose (one's) temperTo become angered, enraged, or upset due to some provocation; to have an outburst upon losing one's patience. I'm usually a pretty calm person, but whenever I start driving, I find I lose my temper at the slightest inconvenience. When we were kids, my dad lost his temper a lot, but he's mellowed out since then. lose one's temperAlso, lose it. Give way to violent anger, lose self-control. For example, When she found out what Ann had done, she lost her temper, or He arrived without that important check, and then I just lost it completely. The first term dates from the early 1800s; the second slangy locution dates from the mid-1900s. |