an ill-tempered cat will scratch with little provocation
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Lemon's interview with Musk delves into numerous topics, ranging from the entrepreneur's views on race to X's loss of advertisers over his antisemitic comments, with Musk growing increasingly ill-tempered with Lemon over the course of the discussion.—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2024 If the person in charge is ill-tempered, thrives on conflict, and easily persuaded, problems are made worse.—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 27 May 2023
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