to have an irascible temperament

to have an irascible temperament

Pinch salt into fire is an idiom, the pronunciation is Cu ō y á NR ù Hu ǒ, which means that salt bursts as soon as it is put in the fire. It's a metaphor for being impatient.

source

Wang Shifu's "Romance of the Western Chamber" in Yuan Dynasty has a two fold discount of three books: "when you go, you're a lady with a little salt in the fire."

usage

The verb object type is used as the predicate to describe the impatient temperament

Examples

Because he is impatient, for the sake of the country, as long as he strives for courage and fight first, he is always called "vanguard". (Ming Shi Naian's "the Water Margin" Chapter 13) when nalocha heard the word "Monkey King", it was like ～, burning oil on the fire; all the bones were red and angry. "The monkey is here today!" he said (journey to the west, Chapter 59, by Wu Chengen of Ming Dynasty).