on his toes

Terry Butcher said: "If I was an American I'd wind Rooney up. I'd stand on his toes, pinch him, belt him if I could. "

But some think Mr Bush would have been a better president with a hostile legislature to keep him on his toes.

Indians might have wearily shrugged off one or two cases of high-profile graft, especially if the prime minister had been on his toes.

He covered her gently with the blankets and walked quietly out of her room on his toes.

While the crowd was pushing him in different directions, someone stepped on his toes.

He was on his toes waiting for the news of his lost child.

I said sorry to the man after I stepped on his toes by accident.

I don't give a fuck for a man who's not always on his toes.

A passenger next to him shoves his elbow in his ribs, step on his toes, or even drops cigarette ashes on him.

The president of the French republic raised a mountain, and it has fallen on his toes.

he found himself springing forward on his toes , and his body was leaning in that direction.

"Listen, Lang, I need a minute, " Wolff said, up on his toes now.

Everyone made room for the man crawling down the sidewalk on his toes and hands.

His hat, aslant over his brow, and took a pose on his toes for all of us.

He is in a bad temper this morning; take care not to step on his toes.

Constantly introducing new enemies in new ways will keep the player guessing and on his toes.

He felt something was stepping on his toes and then he woke up.

That's why I played my little game yesterday, just to keep everybody on his toes.

If you tread on his toes, he's going to make you pay.

I turned around quickly and stepped on his toes.

A policeman has to keep on his toes all the time he's on duty.

This would keep the player on his toes and more observant on whom he was fighting.

The bad weather kept the driver on his toes.

He poised himself on his toes.

That job kept John on his toes.

There he goes, on his toes.

He cursed the man who stepped on his toes.

But as long as he crouches, and skulks, and shirks his work, every creature that has weight will be treading on his toes, and- crushing him;