I admit I can have a pretty bad temper when fired up and I had every intention of trying to fix it so I did not lose him. (lauradoyle.org)
One was a direct personal threat, but the other was merely a display of bad temper by the supervisor (threatening to smash a window when the claimant and two others refused to give him some information; the other employees had not felt threatened). (newlawjournal.co.uk)