itchy trigger finger

Meaning: Thetrigger fingerof a person eager to fire their weapon or likely to do so unexpectedly.2006, Seth W. B. Folsom,The Highway War,unnumbered page:As jittery as everyone was, there were bound to be someitchy trigger fingers, AmericanandKuwaiti.2009, Steven D. Orr,The Perennial Wanderer,page379:Travel at night was forbidden and frankly, none of us seemed upset about this as we all knew how the U.S. Army troops haditchy trigger fingers.2010, Drew Ryan Maras,Open Your Eyes: To 2012 and Beyond,page219:He, and many others who had “itchy trigger fingers” and who wanted America to get in bed with war against communist Cuba and the Soviet Union, felt betrayed because JFK did not provide direct air power or support, leaving the right-winged exiles to be crushed by the Cuban army.2011, Thomas Thorn,Ugly Stories,page242:As the police made their way to the upper levels, they did so with guns drawn anditchy trigger fingersat the ready.; (idiomatic)The metaphorical trigger finger of a person with atendencyorreadinessto act inhasteor withoutconsideration; a tendency to so act.Given any remote chance to gun down an effective spokesman for conservative economics as a secret fascist and torturer, even Nobel laureates can, we see, succumb to anitchy trigger finger.2002, Matthew W. Ragas, Bolivar J. Bueno,The Power of Cult Branding,page xii:They all have anitchy trigger fingerwhen it comes to advertising.2004, Michael J. Panzner,The New Laws of the Stock Market Jungle,unnumbered page:Under these kinds of circumstances, players with significant exposure, tight stops, anditchy trigger fingerscan end up overreacting to what is essentially noise.2008, Casey Sherman,Black Dragon,page168:Look at Afghanistan and Iraq, it's plain to see that our current President has anitchy trigger finger.

Examples:

EN: They find out he's fighting because he's got an itchy trigger finger that ain't under control and never will be.
ES: Saben que él sigue luchando porque tiene el gatillo fácil, no está bajo control, nunca lo estará.
EN: A man with an itchy trigger finger sometimes don't wait to meet with somebody who gets in his rifle sights.
ES: Un hombre de gatillo fácil no espera a veces... ... aconoceraalguien que tiene a tiro.
EN: I ain't got an itchy trigger finger.
ES: No me tiembla el dedo del gatillo.
EN: You and that itchy trigger finger of yours.
ES: Ten cuidado con ese dedo inquieto.
EN: Hey, sweetheart, this guy got a real itchy trigger finger, and he's a nervous cop.
ES: - Epa, mi cielo... Este policía es muy nervioso y un poco gatillo loco.
EN: I have a real itchy trigger finger.
ES: Soy de gatillo fácil.
EN: Let's just say I've got an itchy trigger finger.
ES: Digamos que me pica el dedo de disparar.
EN: The question is, which one of you has the itchy trigger finger?
ES: La pregunta es: ¿cuál de Uds. es el responsable?
EN: One of the MPs had an itchy trigger finger.
ES: Uno de los militares era de gatillo fácil.
EN: I've got an itchy trigger finger.
ES: Tengo un dedo en el gatillo de la pistola.
EN: Shooter had an itchy trigger finger. Also means he didn't have a lot of experience with firearms.
ES: -Estaría ansioso por disparar.
EN: She's gonna have an itchy trigger finger when it comes to calling the cops.
ES: Ella tiene el dedo muy rápido en lo que se refiere a llamar a la policía.
EN: I'll screen the Mexicans, make sure no one has an itchy trigger finger.
ES: Yo revisaré a los mexicanos y me aseguraré de que ninguno tenga un dedo índice nervioso.
EN: I got an itchy trigger finger here, and I'm ready to blow some shit up.
ES: Mi dedo del gatillo me está pidiendo que vuele cosas,
EN: So you might want to show this guy your badge Sooner rather than later. He's got a bit of an itchy trigger finger.
ES: Mejor muéstrale tu placa antes o no tardará en poner el dedo en el gatillo.

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