Famous Sayings #136 — ‘Idle Hands …’

February 10, 2019

Idle hands are the devil’s playthings.

This is an odd parable, but one I first heard of while watching a 1999 film starring Devon Sawa. (Anyone who has watched the live-action film “Casper” or “Little Giants” should know who he is.) However, I heard another version of this parable in that movie.

In fact, there are multiple versions of this saying:

• Idle hands are the devil’s playground.
• Idle hands are the devil’s playthings.
• Idle hands are the devil’s tools.
• Idle hands are the devil’s workshop
• The devil makes work for idle hands (to do).

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