τὸ πολὺ τοῦ βίου ἐν δικαστηρίοις φεύγων τε καὶ διώκων κατατρίβομαι → waste the greater part of one's life in courts either as plaintiff or defendant
Use adj., P. and V. χερσαῖος (Thuc. 7, 67; Eur., Andromache 457).