Tom's got a short fuse and flies off the handle at the drop of a hat. - English example sentence

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patgfisher April 20, 2014 April 20, 2014 at 1:38:23 PM UTC

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"to have a short fuse" means quick to lose one's temper
"flies off the handle" means to react in a very angry way to what is done or said
"at the drop of a hat" means suddenly and with little or no provokation

patgfisher December 29, 2014 December 29, 2014 at 2:25:23 PM UTC

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>why do you use present tense with "has got"?

I'm not sure what you mean. It's all in the present tense "Tom's got" = "Tom has" or "Tom possesses" etc.

Past tense would be:

Tom had a short fuse and flew off the handle .....