词汇 | double-dipping |
释义 | Idiom double-dipping American the activity of receiving money from two different places or two different jobs, often when it is not honest or legal.The government has introduced tighter rules on employees' pensions to discourage double-dipping. double-dipping noun payment by two different sources for the same work or reason. Slang from the ice-cream parlour, where the 'double dip' cone had two scoops of ice-cream US, 1986double-dipping(The act of being) involved in and benefiting from two different things at once, often illegally. Once you start getting pension payments, you could be accused of double-dipping. |
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