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1 satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do
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2 IDLE
• Devil finds work for idle hands /to do/ (The) - Безделье - мать пороков (Б), Трутни горазды на плутни (T)• Devil some mischief finds for idle hands to do (The) - Безделье - мать пороков (Б)• Idle folk (folks) have the least leisure - Кто ничего не делает, тому всегда некогда (K)• Idle hands are the devil's tools - Безделье - мать пороков (Б)• Idle mind is the devil's workshop (An) - Безделье - мать пороков (Б)• Idle people have the least leisure - Кто ничего не делает, тому всегда некогда (K)• Idle youth, a needy age (An) - Щеголял смолоду, а под старость умирает с голоду (Щ)• Satan finds mischief (has some mischief /still /) for idle hands to do - Безделье - мать пороков (Б)• Young man idle, an old man needy (А) - Щеголял смолоду, а под старость умирает с голоду (Щ) -
3 an idle brain is the devil's workshop
syn: by doing nothing we learn to do illidleness is the mother ( або root) of all evil ( або sin, vice)розум ледаря – майстерня чорта ≅ без діла псується сила від безділля до проступку один крок the devil finds work for idle hands to doEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > an idle brain is the devil's workshop
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4 Безделье - мать пороков
People who do not work learn to do wrong. See Лень до добра не доводит (Л), С личика - яичко, а внутри - болтун (Л), Трутни горазды на плутни (T)Cf: By doing nothing we learn to do ill (Am., Br.). The devil finds work for idle hands (Am., Br.). The devil some mischief finds for idle hands to do (Am.). Idle hands are the devil's tools (Am.). An idle mind is the devil's workshop (Am., Br.). Idleness is the devil's workshop (the mother of all evil, the mother of sin, the mother of vice) (Br.). Idleness is the mother of evil (of mischief) (Am.). Idleness is the parent of many vices (Am.), Idleness is the parent of vice (Br.). Idleness is the root of all evil (Am., Br.). Satan finds mischief (work) for idle hands (Br.). Satan has some mischief /still/ for idle hands to do (Am.). Sloth is the mother of vice (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Безделье - мать пороков
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