be hell on wheels
US informalto behave in an angry or difficult way:
When he was drinking, Ken was hell on wheels.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Bad-tempered
- argumentative
- bad-tempered
- be like a bear with a sore head idiom
- be spoiling for a fight idiom
- bed
- bilious
- dyspeptic
- get out of bed (on) the wrong side idiom
- grouchy
- grumpy
- have a short fuse idiom
- hell
- petulant
- pugnacious
- quarrelsome
- quick temper
- ratty
- surly
- truculent
- wear thin idiom
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