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working hard or hardly working

working hard or hardly working phrase: used as a question to point out the listener's laziness.

Phrase

working hard or hardly working

  1. (humorous, informal) Used as a question to point out the listener's laziness.

Questions about working hard or hardly working

What does working hard or hardly working mean?
Working hard or hardly working means used as a question to point out the listener's laziness.
What part of speech is working hard or hardly working?
Working hard or hardly working is a phrase.

Words near working hard or hardly working in the dictionary

  1. working from home
  2. working girl
  3. working girls
  4. working group
  5. working groups
  6. working hard or hardly working
  7. working horse
  8. working horses
  9. working hours
  10. working hypotheses
  11. working hypothesis

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