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Phrase(s): The devil finds work for idle hands to do. Prov. If you do not have useful work to do, you will be tempted to do frivolous or harmful things to get rid of your boredom. • Knowing that the devil finds work for idle hands to do, Elizabeth always made sure that her children had plenty of chores to keep them occupied.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs