training wheels

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a pair of small wheels attached one on each side of the rear wheel of a bicycle for stability while one is learning to ride.

Example Sentences

For people who love that kind of filmmaking, “Sneakers” is an unlikely ür-text: a conspiracy thriller with training wheels.

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“Dads push us to take risks. Moms put the training wheels on our bikes. We need moms. But not in the military, especially in combat units,” he wrote in his book “The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free.”

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In it, he defends his view that women have no place fighting in the military because “Dads push us to take risks. Moms put the training wheels on our bikes. We need moms. But not in the military, especially in combat units.”

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They may be horror movies with training wheels, but they’re also teaching PG-13 audiences to maintain a healthy skepticism about the future.

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He also ascribed female inferiority to brains as well as brawn, writing, "Dads push us to take risks. Moms put the training wheels on our bikes. We need moms. But not in the military, especially in combat units."

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