Told one, falsely, about male not working and claiming benefit? (2,3,4)
I believe the answer is:
on the dole
'told one falsely' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'about male not working and claiming benefit?' is the wordplay.
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'male' becomes 'ed' (man's name).
'working' is an anagram indicator.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'claiming benefit?' becomes 'hole' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'not' anagrammed gives 'ont'.
'ont'+'hole'='onthole'
'ed' inserted inside 'onthole' is 'ON THE DOLE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for on the dole that I've seen is " Informally, In receipt of unemployment benefit".)