English / proverb
Idle Hands Are the Devil's Playthings
MEANING IN ENGLISH
People without meaningful or constructive tasks are easily tempted into mischief, bad behavior, or vice.
In context
01
Grandmother enrolled the energetic teenagers in football training, believing that idle hands are the devil's playthings.
02
Without an apprentice job or regular study, he drifted into street brawls, proving that idle hands are the devil's playthings.
Synonyms
idleness breeds mischief,indolence invites vice,empty time brings trouble
Antonyms
industriousness keeps virtue,productive activity shields evil,diligence prevents wrongdoing
Collocations
believe that idle hands are the devil's playthings,prove that idle hands are the devil's playthings,warn that idle hands are the devil's playthings