"idle hands are the devil's workshop" meaning in All languages combined

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        "One who is idle will likely come to do evil."
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          "word": "idle hands are the devil's playthings"
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          "word": "idle hands are the devil's tools"
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          "word": "the devil makes work for idle hands"
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          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "One who is idle will likely come to do evil",
          "word": "lediggang er roden til alt ondt"
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          "sense": "One who is idle will likely come to do evil",
          "word": "luiheid is des duivels oorkussen"
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          "word": "joutilaat aivot ovat paholaisen työpaja"
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          "sense": "One who is idle will likely come to do evil",
          "word": "l’oisiveté est la mère de tous les vices"
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          "sense": "One who is idle will likely come to do evil",
          "word": "Müßiggang ist aller Laster Anfang"
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          "roman": "argía mitír pásis kakías",
          "sense": "One who is idle will likely come to do evil",
          "word": "αργία μητήρ πάσης κακίας"
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          "roman": "douleiá den eíche o diávolos, gamoúse ta paidiá tou",
          "sense": "One who is idle will likely come to do evil",
          "word": "δουλειά δεν είχε ο διάβολος, γαμούσε τα παιδιά του"
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          "roman": "douleiá den eíche o diávolos kai épnige ta paidiá tou",
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          "word": "δουλειά δεν είχε ο διάβολος και έπνιγε τα παιδιά του"
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          "sense": "One who is idle will likely come to do evil",
          "word": "l'ozio è il padre dei vizi"
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          "sense": "One who is idle will likely come to do evil",
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          "sense": "One who is idle will likely come to do evil",
          "word": "mente vazia, oficina do diabo."
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          "sense": "One who is idle will likely come to do evil",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "One who is idle will likely come to do evil",
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      "sense": "One who is idle will likely come to do evil",
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      "sense": "One who is idle will likely come to do evil",
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