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
Guanyu	-	Chinese
Tsholofelo	-	Southern African, Tswana
Mateo	mah-TE-o (Spanish)	Spanish, Croatian
Giovanna	[dʒɔ:'va:nna:]
Hideaki	hee-de-ah-kee	Japanese
Ksenia	KSEN-yah	Polish