be hell on wheels
US informalDefinition
› to behave in an angry or difficult way: When he was drinking, Ken was hell on wheels.Bad-tempered
(Definition of be hell on wheels from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- argumentative adjective
- bad-tempered adjective
- be like a bear with a sore head idiom
- be spoiling for a fight idiom
- bilious adjective
- bolshy adjective
- dyspeptic adjective
- get out of bed (on) the wrong side idiom
- grouchy adjective
- grumpy adjective
- have a short fuse idiom
- huffy adjective
- peppery adjective
- petulant adjective
- pugnacious adjective
- quarrelsome adjective
- quick temper noun
- surly adjective
- truculent adjective
- wear thin idiom
Topic:
Bad-tempered
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