Drawin an workin

phr.

Heard in Tipperary

Claiming unemployment benefit while also working.

In use

Better off drawin an workin, shur arent dey all attid nowadays.but if dey ketch me I'm scalded.

Posh English

It is vastly superior to draw the unemployment benefit whilst secretly employed, for are not all and sundry at it nowadays, though should the authorities apprehend me I shall be in terribly hot water.