like the clappers

(British informal)

very quickly He works like the clappers - he'll have it finished in no time! They ran like the clappers when the policeman came round the corner.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Chance	[tʃæns]
Mirna	-	Croatian, Serbian
Karol	KAH-rawl (Polish)	Polish, Slovak, Slovene
Electra	ə-LEKT-rə (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Clarisse	kla-REES	French
Ranko	-	Serbian, Croatian