a husband with a temper

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A woman goes to the doctor's, worried about her husband's temperMOOD OR EMOTIONAL STATE.

The doctor asks, "What is the problem?"

The woman says, "Doctor, I do not know what to do. Every day my husband seems to lose his temperBECOME ANGRY SUDDENLY for no reason. It scares meIT MAKES ME AFRAID."

The doctor says, "I have a solution for that. When it seems that your husband is getting angryFEELING OR SHOWING STRONG UNHAPPINESS OR ANNOYANCE, just take a glass of water and start swishingMOVING LIQUID AROUND IN YOUR MOUTH WITHOUT SWALLOWING it in your mouth. Just swishMOVE LIQUID AROUND IN YOUR MOUTH and swish, but do not swallowCAUSE TO GO DOWN THE THROAT INTO THE STOMACH it until he either leaves the room or calms down."

Two weeks later, the woman comes back to the doctor looking fresh and rebornFEELING AS IF YOU HAVE A NEW, BETTER LIFE.

The woman says, "Doctor, that was a brilliant idea! Every time my husband started losing itBECOMING VERY ANGRY OR OUT OF CONTROL, I swished with water. I swished and swished, and he calmed right downHE BECAME CALM VERY QUICKLY! How does a glass of water do that?"

The doctor says, "The water itself does nothing. It is keeping your mouth shutCLOSED that does the trickSOLVES THE PROBLEM."

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In this joke, let's look at these three: temper, swish, and does the trick. Your temper is your mood or how easily you become angry. To swish means to move liquid around in your mouth without swallowing it. If something does the trick, it means it solves the problem or works well.

• He has a bad temper and gets angry easily.
• The dentist told me to swish the mouthwash for thirty seconds.
• A little bit of sugar often does the trick when making a sauce taste better.

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This joke uses the present simple tense to describe habits and repeated actions, such as “seems to lose his temper” and “swish and swish.” It also uses direct speech to show exactly what the characters say. The present simple is useful for talking about things that happen regularly or facts that are always true.

• He loses his temper when he is tired.
• She swishes water in her mouth every morning.
• The doctor says, “Just keep your mouth shut.”

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