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short circuit	Camomile_Tea	01/31/08
How do you use the words, "short circuit," when you describe someone who easily gets angry and short-sighted. You're short-circuited? You have a short circuit? I didn't have a good results on either when googled... Other word suggestions (to best describe such person) are welcome as well!
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Schoolmarm		01/31/08
Well, generally we don't use that analogy. That's probably why you didn't have much luck searching for it. We tend to use "blow a fuse" as in "He really blew a fuse when I showed him my report." We use "short-circuit" to indicate that a plan has been thwarted. I suppose you could say, "My report really made his brain short-circuit," but I'd interpret that to mean that he tried unsuccessfully to understand it. JMF

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