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Idiom be on the fiddle British & Australian, informal to get money in a way that is not honest or not legal.If he's not on the fiddle, how did he afford that huge car?
idiombe on the fiddle BrEBrEto get money dishonestly while pretending to do business honestly:A new report has revealed that more and more company bosses are on the fiddle, perhaps as an effect of the recession.Nicola had threatened to tell the taxman that Don had been on the fiddle over his freelance earnings.
be on the fiddleTo engage in deceitful, fraudulent, or dishonest means of obtaining money. My career will be over if anyone ever finds out I was on the fiddle during my time as the company treasurer. Politicians will always be on the fiddle in any government, looking for ways to use their positions of power to earn a bit more money. |