Nothing upset short fellow in Italy getting pasta (8)
I believe the answer is:
linguini
'pasta' is the definition.
(I know that linguini is a type of pasta)
'nothing upset short fellow in italy' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'nil' (eg nil is zero in football).
'upset' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'short fellow' becomes 'gu' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'italy' becomes 'i'.
'nil' in reverse letter order is 'lin'.
'lin'+'gu'+'in'+'i'='LINGUINI'
'getting' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for linguini that I've seen before include "Flat, thin pasta" , "food" , "Ribbonlike pasta" , "Long thin pasta" , "Italian course" .)