Meaning: a person who gets extremely angry easily and often; a person who loses their temper often and easily
Similar Expressions
- She is a hothead.
- She has a bad temper.
- She runs hot.
- She is an angry person.
- She gets angry all the time.
Sometimes, when people get angry, they turn red. It looks like they are getting hot. So, we can use this expression to describe a person who often gets very angry.
However, everybody gets angry sometimes. We do not use this expression for regular people who only get angry once in a while. We only use this to describe a person who gets angry often.
How do we use it?
We use this after a "be verb" and in other ways that nouns are used.
- She is such a head.
- What a hothead!
- He is a real hothead.
A) I hate my boss.
B) Why is that?
A) He is such a hot head. He gets really angry about everything.
A) I'm going to kill him!
B) Don't be such a hothead. Go talk to him
A) Why did Bill get so angry?
B) He is a hothead. He gets really angry about little things all the time.
A) He really needs to learn how to control his temper.
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