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
Balakrishna	-	Indian, Telugu, Kannada
Brynhild	-	Norwegian, Norse Mythology
Tammara	tə-MAHR-ə	English (Rare)
Cory	KAWR-ee	English
Mahesh	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Nepali
Desdemona	dez-də-MON-ə (English)	Literature