Idiom: Devil finds work for idle hands
Idiom Definitions for 'Devil finds work for idle hands'
When people say that the devil finds work for idle hands, they mean that if people don't have anything to do with their time, they are more likely to get involved in trouble and criminality.
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Idioms similar to 'Devil finds work for idle hands'
- Idle hands are the devil's handiwork
- Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while
- Better the devil you know
- Let the devil take the hindmost
- Devil is in the detail
- Speak of the devil!
- Devil may care
- Devil's advocate
- Hands down
- Play into someone's hands
- Clean hands
- Get your hands dirty
- Hold your hands up
- Wash your hands of something
- My hands are full
- My hands are tied
- If you lie down with the Devil, you will wake up in hell
- Between the devil and the deep blue sea
- Safe pair of hands
- Many hands make light work
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