"the devil makes work for idle hands" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [Îngilîzî]

Forms: the devil will find work for idle hands to do, idle hands are the devil's workshop
  1. Ger tu betal bî Iblîsî şol bo te heye.
    Sense id: ku-the_devil_makes_work_for_idle_hands-en-proverb-AYoaLtLk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Gotinên pêşiyan bi îngilîzî",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lema bi îngilîzî",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Madeyên zimanekî xelet bi kar tînin bi îngilîzî",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Rûpelên bi 1 madeyî",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Rûpelên bi madeyan",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Termên bi çend peyvan bi îngilîzî",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Îngilîzî",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the devil will find work for idle hands to do"
    },
    {
      "form": "idle hands are the devil's workshop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Îngilîzî",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "pos_title": "Gotineke pêşiyan",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Ger tu betal bî Iblîsî şol bo te heye."
      ],
      "id": "ku-the_devil_makes_work_for_idle_hands-en-proverb-AYoaLtLk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "the devil makes work for idle hands"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Gotinên pêşiyan bi îngilîzî",
    "Lema bi îngilîzî",
    "Madeyên zimanekî xelet bi kar tînin bi îngilîzî",
    "Rûpelên bi 1 madeyî",
    "Rûpelên bi madeyan",
    "Termên bi çend peyvan bi îngilîzî",
    "Îngilîzî"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the devil will find work for idle hands to do"
    },
    {
      "form": "idle hands are the devil's workshop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Îngilîzî",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "pos_title": "Gotineke pêşiyan",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Ger tu betal bî Iblîsî şol bo te heye."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "the devil makes work for idle hands"
}

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