• to be always on the run
• to be always hard at it
• he always has a good deal on his shoulders
• there is no pretence about him
• always ready for the fray
• we shall never hear the last of it
• to be always on one's tracks
• the losers are always in the wrong
• he always says and does the wrong thing
• he always says and does the wrong thing
• he used to race me off my feet