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adv BrE infml1)He ran like the clappers to escape from the police — Он бежал со всех ног, чтобы оторваться от полиции
The village tongues will be going like the clappers this morning — Сегодня утром вся деревня будет чесать языками не переставая
2)Seeing it's you, I'm going to surrender like the clappers — Тебе-то я, конечно, уступлю
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > like the clappers
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3 like the clappers
жарг.; усил.1) очень быстро, стремительноI could feel her thinking, ‘...I'm going to surrender like the clappers.’ (J. Wain, ‘The Contenders’, ch. IX) — Я понимал, Майра хочет сказать Неду, что... готова без промедления выйти за него замуж.
Benson... sets out for London. He drives like the clappers, and arrives... at a quarter to six. (DNE) — Бенсон... отправляется в Лондон. Мчится на машине так, будто за ним черти гонятся, и приезжает... без четверти шесть.
2) основательно, с полной отдачейI've got to work like the clappers this morning. — Сегодня утром придется основательно поработать.
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7 to go like the clappers
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8 he drives like the clappers (he zings like mad)
Conversation vocabulary and slang. English-Russian dictionary > he drives like the clappers (he zings like mad)
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9 drive like the clappers
Макаров: мчаться как угорелыйУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > drive like the clappers
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10 go like the clappers
1) Общая лексика: мчаться как угорелый2) Табуированная лексика: идти быстро -
11 going like the clappers
Табуированная лексика: бежатьУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > going like the clappers
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12 to run like the clappers
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13 to run like the clappers
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14 clappers
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15 clappers
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16 mieletöntä vauhtia
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= like the clappers, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman, as one possessedEx. At one point her leg and arm stopped shaking but her eye was going like the clappers.Ex. We have no idea what will capture people's imagination and work, but all we can do in any period of great change is experiment like crazy.Ex. With hundreds of bait fish swarming your spot -- feeding like mad -- the game fish get extremely excited and start to move into the area to feed on the bait fish.Ex. It's time to start leading by example and not going around like a lunatic all the time, loosing my cool, raving, saying things in the heat of the moment I don't mean.Ex. He was 'driving like a madman' moments before he was involved in a car crash with a lorry, according to an eyewitness.Ex. It was then that Steven himself began behaving like a wild beast, as one possessed, having gone totally berserk.* * *= like the clappers, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman, as one possessedEx: At one point her leg and arm stopped shaking but her eye was going like the clappers.
Ex: We have no idea what will capture people's imagination and work, but all we can do in any period of great change is experiment like crazy.Ex: With hundreds of bait fish swarming your spot -- feeding like mad -- the game fish get extremely excited and start to move into the area to feed on the bait fish.Ex: It's time to start leading by example and not going around like a lunatic all the time, loosing my cool, raving, saying things in the heat of the moment I don't mean.Ex: He was 'driving like a madman' moments before he was involved in a car crash with a lorry, according to an eyewitness.Ex: It was then that Steven himself began behaving like a wild beast, as one possessed, having gone totally berserk. -
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Ex. At one point her leg and arm stopped shaking but her eye was going like the clappers.* * *Ex: At one point her leg and arm stopped shaking but her eye was going like the clappers.
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19 echando hostias
Ex. At one point her leg and arm stopped shaking but her eye was going like the clappers.* * *Ex: At one point her leg and arm stopped shaking but her eye was going like the clappers.
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20 echando mecha
Ex. At one point her leg and arm stopped shaking but her eye was going like the clappers.* * *Ex: At one point her leg and arm stopped shaking but her eye was going like the clappers.
См. также в других словарях:
like the clappers — (informal) At top speed • • • Main Entry: ↑clap * * * like the clappers Brit informal : very fast We drove/ran like the clappers. • • • Main Entry: ↑clapper * * * like the ˈclappers … Useful english dictionary
like the clappers — If something is going like the clappers, it is going very fast … The small dictionary of idiomes
like the clappers — ► like the clappers Brit. informal very fast or hard. Main Entry: ↑clapper … English terms dictionary
like the clappers — adverb Very hard, very rapidly. After hurling their insults, they ran like the clappers to get away. Syn: like the clappers of fuck, like the clappers of hell … Wiktionary
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 … New idioms dictionary
like the clappers — If something is going like the clappers, it is going very fast. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
like the clappers — Phrs. Very quickly, very hard. E.g. We ran like the clappers. Informal … English slang and colloquialisms
Like the clappers — If something is going like the clappers, it is going very fast … Dictionary of English idioms
like the clappers Brit. — like the clappers Brit. informal very fast or hard. → clapper … English new terms dictionary
go like the clappers — Vrb phrs. To go speedily. E.g. We went like the clappers and just made it in time … English slang and colloquialisms
go like the clappers — go/run/drive etc/like the clappers british informal phrase to go run drive etc extremely fast Thesaurus: to move somewhere quicklysynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary