on wheels

Able to roll

On wheels describes something mounted on wheels for mobility: a suitcase on wheels, meals on wheels.

The phrase often emphasizes convenience or portability.

Figuratively, it intensifies a noun to suggest an extreme or mobile version: She's a disaster on wheels, That car is a death trap on wheels.

Related

bicycle · gliding · tire · effortless · food truck · mobile · dolly · shopping cart · rolling suitcase · hoverboard · seamless · wagon · golf cart · coast · unhindered · smooth sailing · rollerblades · spin

Opposites
mobility/fixedness

on wheelsstationary

Not in motion

fixed · anchored · immobile · rooted · immovable

mechanism of movement

on wheelson foot

Moving by walking

airborne · floating · carried · dragged · on a pedestal

quality/excellence (slang)

on wheelsmediocre

Of only moderate quality

ordinary · nothing special · run-of-the-mill · bland · unremarkable

Family

wheel, wheels, wheeled, wheelchair, wheeler, three-wheel, wheelwright, wheelers, wheelless

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G