temparate.html - {v. phr.} To become very angry. * /By the time we mention the name of her ex-husband, she flies into a rage./

temparate.html - See: GOD TEMPERS THE WIND TO THE SHORN LAMB, HOLD ONE'S TEMPER or KEEP ONE'S TEMPER, LOSE ONE'S TEMPER.

temparate.html - See: RUN A TEMPERATURE.

temparate.html - {n. phr.} Great excitement about something not important. * /Bess tore her skirt a little and made a tempest in a teapot./

temparate.html - {v. phr.} To take a chance; run a risk; gamble. * /You're tempting fate every time you drive that old wreck of a car./

temparate.html - n. & v.
colloq. --n.

a temporary employee, esp. a secretary.

--v.

intr. work as a temp. [abbr.]