Examples of 'idle hands' in a sentence

Meaning of "idle hands"

idle hands - Refers to the idea that people are more likely to get into trouble or cause mischief when they have nothing to do. This phrase implies that keeping busy or productive helps prevent undesirable behavior or actions

How to use "idle hands" in a sentence

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Idle hands fall easy prey to troublemakers.
Satan finds mischief still in idle hands.
Idle hands are not my cup of tea.
Devil makes work for idle hands.
It is the idle hands that make mischief.
I certainly make work for idle hands.
Idle hands and all that.
Devil finds work for idle hands.
Idle hands is the devils playthings.
Satan finds work for idle hands.
Idle hands make for an unproductive poop deck.
The devil finds wοrk fοr idle hands.
Idle hands worship the devil.
Busy work for idle hands.
Idle hands and whatnot.

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And what more idle hands.
Idle hands are devil works.
I did not want to have idle hands.
Idle hands and the devil and all that.
Slack hands are idle hands.
An idle mind and idle hands may lead to feelings of depression.
You know what they say about idle hands.
Cause idle hands.
But the devil finds work for idle hands.
An idle mind and idle hands can lead to feelings of depression.
The devil will find work for idle hands to do.
A still tongue and idle hands are not strategies in your maternal handbook.
Maman says there is nothing worse than idle hands.
The Devil found some idle hands to do his dirty work.
Satan will always find work for idle hands.
Idle hands make idle minds So make some friends to pass the time.
Dreamers with idle hands.
With their idle hands and empty pockets looking for charity from the great Richard Davenport.
To them the devil makes work for idle hands.
Okay, so idle hands are not really my thing.
You know what they about the devil and idle hands.
Idle hands can be the devil 's playthings.
Great for nervous and stressful situations or to keep idle hands busy.
Well, idle hands are the plaything of the devil.
Or perhaps we assume that the devil does indeed find mischief for idle hands.
Idle hands are the devils plaything, ya know.
I am glad to see someone takes the warning about the devil and idle hands seriously.
Whose idle hands marred these stone walls?
The saying that the Devil finds mischief for idle hands is true enough.
But we'd be idle hands if we just waited here for it.
Time waits for no man and Tony has not suffered from idle hands.
So maybe it is as simple as idle hands being the devil 's workshop.
Suddenly I have a lot of time off of work and idle hands.
We all know that idle hands are the devil 's workshop.
The band also performed the song in the film Idle Hands.

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