like the clappers



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.
See also: like

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SuibhneSIV-na (Irish, Scottish)Irish, Scottish, Ancient Irish
Vikram-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada
Haniyah-Arabic
Ellison['elisən]
SiskoSEES-koFinnish
Magalima-ga-LEE (French)French, Occitan