be on the fiddle

be on the fiddle

To 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.
See also: fiddle, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • on the fiddle
  • steal (one) blind
  • steal someone blind
  • rob (one) blind
  • rob blind
  • rob somebody blind
  • rob someone blind
  • bloodsucker
  • forked tongue
  • accept a wooden nickel