like a blue-arsed fly vs quicksome

like a blue-arsed fly

adj

  • To be frantic, harried or restless 

quicksome

adj

  • Marked by quickness; swift; nimble 

adv

  • In a quick or quicksome manner; quickly 

How often have the words like a blue-arsed fly and quicksome occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )