English / proverb
Idle Hands Are the Devil's Workshop
MEANING IN ENGLISH
A lack of productive employment or purpose breeds destructive thoughts, unhealthy schemes, and moral ruin.
In context
01
The community youth center keeps young adults engaged with skill workshops because idle hands are the devil's workshop.
02
Languishing in his apartment for six months without ambition turned his thoughts bitter; idle hands are the devil's workshop.
Synonyms
empty mind breeds evil,boredom spawns vice,idleness is the root of mischief
Antonyms
purposeful industry,active engagement,constructive labor
Collocations
warn that idle hands are the devil's workshop,become the devil's workshop,know that idle hands are the devil's workshop