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it is the devil's work

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  • (the) devil makes work for idle hands — the devil makes/finds/work for idle hands phrase used for saying that people who are bored or do not have enough work will start doing things that they should not do Thesaurus: morally bad or wrong behavioursynonym Main entry: devil * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • the devil finds work for idle hands to do — ► the devil finds work for idle hands to do proverb if someone doesn t have enough work to occupy them, they are liable to cause or get into trouble. Main Entry: ↑devil …   English terms dictionary

  • The Devil Finds Work — Infobox Book | name = The Devil Finds Work title orig = translator = image caption = author = James Baldwin illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Essay publisher = release date = 1976 media type …   Wikipedia

  • (the) devil finds work for idle hands. — something that you say which means people who have no work or activity are more likely to do things they should not do, such as commit crimes. There s plenty more tidying to do if you ve finished the bedroom. The devil finds work for idle hands …   New idioms dictionary

  • the devil makes work for idle hands — if a person is not busy he will do evil things, work ethic    Protestants believe children should be busy because the devil makes work for idle hands …   English idioms

  • (the) devil finds work for idle hands — the devil makes/finds/work for idle hands phrase used for saying that people who are bored or do not have enough work will start doing things that they should not do Thesaurus: morally bad or wrong behavioursynonym Main entry: devil …   Useful english dictionary

  • the devil finds work for idle hands to do — Idleness and mischief are linked in ST. JEROME Letters CXXV. xi. fac et aliquid operis, ut semper te diabolus inveniat occupatum, do something, so that the devil may always find you busy; cf. c 1386 CHAUCER Tale of Melibee 1. 1594 Therfore seith… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • the devil finds work for idle hands to do — proverb someone who doesn t have enough work to do is liable to cause or get into trouble …   Useful english dictionary

  • The Devil is an Ass — is a Jacobean comedy by Ben Jonson, first performed in 1616 and first published in 1631. [Chambers, Vol. 3, p. 373.] The Devil is an Ass followed Bartholomew Fair (1614), one of the author s greatest works, and marks the start of the final phase… …   Wikipedia

  • 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 …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • 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.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

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