pay (someone) under the table
pay (someone) under the table
To give a worker payment that is not officially documented and has not been taxed. Because the restaurant pays me under the table, no taxes come out of my paycheck. I don't have a visa to work in this country, so I've been nannying for a family who pays me under the table.
See also: pay, table
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- not for a second
- not for a minute
- not for a moment
- aint
- ain't
- not for a instant
- not for a/one minute/moment/second/instant
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- not by any means
- (I) hope not