"working hard or hardly working" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} working hard or hardly working
  1. (informal, humorous) Used as a question to point out the listener's laziness. Tags: humorous, informal Categories (topical): English rhetorical questions

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