The phrase "a little temper" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who has a slight tendency to become angry or irritable.
Example: "She has a little temper, but she usually calms down quickly after a disagreement."
Alternatives: "a bit of a temper" or "a slight temper".
He recently ruined a large pot and "had a little temper tantrum".
It never became clear what Mr. Mackintosh wouldn't have, but you might forgive him a little temper.
If Mr Helms wasn't miffed by that, he was by Mr Weld's recent press conference, which people close to Mr Helms saw as a "little temper tantrum".
They knew, instinctively or consciously, what to bring: a little swearing, a little temper, a need for attention, a large bottle of immodesty, and the ability to deliver a sound bite.
Nicholson's character is estranged from his daughter, Freeman's from his wife, and each takes a turn persuading the other to set things right, an interference that gives the actors a chance to display a little temper.
By the time Hattie from San Francisco has bounced about on a swing, and Mari from Tokyo has had a little temper tantrum, and Bayarjargal from Mongolia has warily eyed the rooster standing near his bed, many audience members are puddles of emotion, thanks to a steady stream of heart-tugging images of babies making the remarkable journey from birth to toddlerhood.
A regular contributor to the conservative site Redstate.com, the blogger Teresa Koch, described the protests as "a lovely little temper tantrum being thrown by a bunch of well-fed white kids who fancy themselves as some sort of modern-day, new age revolutionaries," and called on the protesters to forgo products from companies like Google and Apple, and the makers of Ivory soap.
"I'd like to see something a little more tempered, a little more mild.
Large shrimp in chili sauce were cooked perfectly, as were gorgeous supple scallops treated to a little chili tempered with soft, sweet garlic.
"That being said, we've won the Six Nations and there's still going to be that pressure and that level of expectation, but it's been a little bit tempered by the fact we did lose last week, so hopefully it gives us an opportunity to slip in a fraction more under the radar.
"But it's been a little bit tempered by the fact we did lose in Cardiff, so hopefully it gives us an opportunity to slip in a fraction more under the radar".
