鉄てっ火か肌はだ

noun

violent temper; termagancy

Describes a fierce, hot-tempered, or quarrelsome personality, often associated with a rough or aggressive disposition. The term is somewhat literary and not extremely common in everyday conversation.

• 彼かれの鉄てっ火か肌はだには誰だれも手てを焼やいている。

  Everyone is at their wits' end with his violent temper.

• あの人ひとの鉄てっ火か肌はだは、時ときとして周しゅう囲いを困こまらせる。

  That person's termagancy sometimes troubles those around them.