[General] shortening temper

[vil]

Dear teachers,

Would you tell me whether I am right about my interpretation of the expressions in bold in the following sentences?

What you see, they reckon, is all there is: a media star of fading allure--and shortening temper, if his dudgeon over a television soap-opera satire about him called "How was I, Doris?" (a reference to his fourth wife) is anything to go by.

Yet, as the years pass, you become more, a master of getting "angry", advancing, becoming "more aggressive", with a shortening temper and moving into the "irrational".

short temper = hot temper = quick temper

The cashier was Martin's black beast, and his temper was a trifle short where the talker of platitudes was concerned. (J. London, "Martin Eden")

V.

 

[Amigos4]

Dear teachers,

Would you tell me whether I am right about my interpretation of the expressions in bold in the following sentences?

What you see, they reckon, is all there is: a media star of fading allure--and shortening temper, if his dudgeonover a television soap-opera satire about him called "How was I, Doris?" (a reference to his fourth wife) is anything to go by.

Yet, as the years pass, you become more, a master of getting "angry", advancing, becoming "more aggressive", with a shortening temper and moving into the "irrational".

short temper = hot temper = quick temper

The cashier was Martin's black beast, and his temper was a trifle short where the talker of platitudes was concerned. (J. London, "Martin Eden")

V.

Hey, Vil! ;-)

You are correct: short temper = hot temper = quick temper

However, in AmE you will not hear anything remotely close to your other sentences!

Be well, my friend!