like the clappers

Prepositional phrase

UK informal

(simile, UK, informal) Very hard or very rapidly.

Japanese Meaning

猛烈な勢いで / 全力で、極めて速く行う様子 / 非常に激しく、速やかに（実施されること）

She ran like the clappers to catch the last bus.

彼女は最終バスに間に合うようにものすごい速さで走った。

Sense（1）

(simile, UK, informal) Very hard or very rapidly.

After hurling their insults, they ran like the clappers to get away.