work under the table
work under the table
To work in exchange for payment that is not officially documented and has not been taxed. Because I work under the table, no taxes come out of my paycheck. I don't have an employment permit for this country, so I've been working under the table as a nanny.
See also: table, work
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- be (one's) own master
- be your own master/mistress
- mistress
- be (one's) own mistress
- go shares
- not do a stroke
- not do a stroke (of work)
- not do a stroke of work
- be at work
- it will never fly