the devil makes work for idle hands

释义

1. 人闲生是非

   people who do not have enough to do often start to do wrong

   She blamed the crimes on the local jobless teenagers.'The devil makes work for idle hands,' she would say.她认为那些违法活动是当地的无业青少年所为，总是说：“人一闲，惹麻烦。”

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