“"Dad had a short fuse this morning — the bus was late and then he could not find his keys."”
From real fireworks and old dynamite. The fuse was the slow-burning cord that gave you time to step back. A short one gave you almost no time at all.
Today, catch the exact second your fuse starts burning and say the word "fuse" out loud once. Naming it early is the whole trick.
💬 Whose fuse is shortest in this house — and what usually lights it?