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going like the clappers

to be running to or from something very very fast

going like the clappers

anything which appears to be going fast or repetitvly.
from either the loose hammers inside churchbells, or an old shrove tuesday custom involving begging by clapping stones together

Pray like the clappers 

Praying furiously fast and with great earnestness. An Australian expression. In Australia, clappers were bird scarers that ran around like mad things.
My mate had to be rushed to the hospital this morning. Pray like the clappers for him!

Go like the clappers 

A person usually a lady who is an epic shag for reasons unknown
Posh girls have good manners, but they go like the clappers because they never got to hang around with boys at school