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词汇 on the fiddle
释义

on the fiddle

Engaged 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. There are always politicians on the fiddle, looking for ways to use their positions of power to earn a bit more money.

on the fiddle

BRITISH, INFORMAL
If someone is on the fiddle, they get money by doing illegal or dishonest things. `If he's not on the fiddle, he's the only builder I know that isn't,' I said. So many politicians were found to be on the fiddle.

on the fiddle

engaged in cheating or swindling. informal
Fiddle was late 19th-century US slang for a ‘swindle’.

on the ˈfiddle

(British English, informal) getting money by doing dishonest things, usually at work, for example stealing from your employer, making false claims for expenses, etc: He was on the fiddle for years and his boss never suspected a thing.
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