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Hi all. New member - just discovered this site. It's nice to find people who share my love of words.
As a born and bred Englishman, I've used "run/goes like the clappers" for as long as I can remember (and that's long enough, thanks). I can't do better than the suggestion that the clappers referred to are bell clappers, although there are plenty of instances of bell clappers that are quite slow (the baritone in a set of church bells isn't exactly fast).
A couple of other euphemisms for "fast" that spring to mind are:
"like a cat with its tail on fire"
and one that's always puzzled me
"like s**t off a shovel".
Can anyone explain that one? My experience (of the bovine and equine form) is that it takes quite an effort to get it off the shovel.
Do, or do not. There is no "try".
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Irishspeak Bobyoungbalt 10/10/01 02:31 PM Re: Irishspeak Jackie 10/10/01 04:03 PM Re: Irishspeak wwh 10/10/01 04:29 PM Re: Irishspeak Bobyoungbalt 10/11/01 01:10 AM Re: Irishspeak teresag 10/11/01 01:51 AM Re: Irishspeak consuelo 10/11/01 02:39 AM Re: Irishspeak consuelo 10/10/01 04:39 PM Re: Irishspeak plutarch 10/11/01 02:20 AM Re: Irishspeak plutarch 10/11/01 02:28 AM Re: Irishspeak plutarch 10/11/01 02:38 AM Re: Irishspeak consuelo 10/11/01 02:45 AM Re: Irishspeak plutarch 10/11/01 03:10 AM Re: Irishspeak Keiva 10/11/01 03:20 AM Re: Irishspeak Yoda 10/11/01 08:57 AM Re: a dose of rhythm maverick 10/11/01 11:24 AM Re: Irishspeak Jackie 10/11/01 11:39 AM Re: Irishspeak stales 10/11/01 01:03 PM
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