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idle hands are the devil's workshopOne who is idle will likely come to do evil.Rate it:

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if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nailWith limited tools, single-minded people apply them inappropriately or indiscriminatelyIf a person is familiar with a certain, single subject/has with them a certain, single instrument, they may have a confirmation bias to believe that it is the answer to/involved in everything.Rate it:

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il a de la corde de pendu dans sa pocheHe has the devil’s own luck.Rate it:

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il a les mains nettes (fig.)He is honest; His hands are clean.Rate it:

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il n'est orgueil que de sot enrichiSet a beggar on horseback, he’ll ride to the devil.Rate it:

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il n'est pas si diable qu'il est noirThe devil is not as black as he is painted.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas jouer avec le feuOne should not play with edged tools.Rate it:

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in alicuius manus incidereto fall unexpectedly into some one's hands.Rate it:

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in alicuius manus venire, pervenireto come into some one's hands.Rate it:

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in manibus habere aliquid (also metaphorically)to have something in one's hands, on hand.Rate it:

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in manus(m) sumere aliquidto take something into one's hands.Rate it:

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in safe handsIn the possession of, or protected by, someone who can be trusted.Rate it:

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j'ai ses enfants sur les brasI have his children on my hands.Rate it:

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je suis entre l'enclume et le marteauI am in a dilemma; I am between the devil and the deep sea.Rate it:

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je vous donne beau jeu(lit.) I give you good cards; (fig.) I give you a good opportunity; I play into your hands.Rate it:

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jump ropeThe activity, game or exercise in which a person must jump, bounce or skip repeatedly while a length of rope is swung over and under, both ends held in the hands of the jumper, or alternately, held by two other participants. Often used for athletic training and among schoolchildren. Variations involve speed, chants, varied rope and jumper movement patterns, multiple jumpers and/or multiple ropes.Rate it:

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keep your hands on the wheelA. Continue leading. B. Maintain focus with tenacity.Rate it:

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l'oisiveté est la mère de tous les vices“For Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.”—Watts , Divine Songs, xx. Rate it:

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lay hands onTo find, obtain or procure.Rate it:

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laze aboutto do nothing in particular, be idle.Rate it:

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laze aroundto do nothing in particular, be idle.Rate it:

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le navire a péri corps et biensThe ship went down with all hands on board.Rate it:

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les voleurs firent main basse sur tous mes effetsThe thieves laid hands on all my things.Rate it:

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let the grass grow under one's feetTo be idle; to fail to make progress.Rate it:

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librum in manus sumereto take up a book in one's hands.Rate it:

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lie aroundTo do nothing in particular; to be idle.Rate it:

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loaf aboutto do nothing in particular, be idle.Rate it:

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loaf aroundto do nothing in particular, be idle.Rate it:

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lucky devilsomeone with astounding good luck.Rate it:

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manus inicere, inferre, afferre alicuito lay violent hands on a person.Rate it:

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manus prensare (De Or. 1. 24. 112)to shake hands with voters in canvassing.Rate it:

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manus tollereto raise one's hands in astonishment.Rate it:

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manus, vim sibi afferreto lay hands on oneself.Rate it:

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many hands make light workA large number of people co-operating can perform tasks easily.Rate it:

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mãos ao altohands up !Rate it:

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mãos ao arhands up !Rate it:

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mauvais ouvrier n'a jamais bons outilsA bad workman always blames his tools.Rate it:

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meritum alicuius in or erga aliquemwhat a man merits at another's hands.Rate it:

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nada nessa mãoA phrase commonly associated with shows of magic, where the performer assures that his hand is empty, therefore he is not holding any tools to aid his tricks.Rate it:

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omnium rerum arbitrium alicui permittereto put the matter entirely in some one's hands.Rate it:

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on all foursOn one's hands and knees.Rate it:

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on one's handsBeing one's liability or responsibility; with which one is lumbered.Rate it:

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out of one’s handsNo longer responsible for or in one’s power to controlRate it:

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pecunia iacet otiosathe money is bringing in no interest, lies idle.Rate it:

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play into someone's handsTo act, or to manage matters, to someone's advantage or benefit.Rate it:

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play Old GooseberryTo play the devil; to make mischief.Rate it:

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play old harryTo play the devil; to make mischief.Rate it:

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press the fleshTo shake hands and socialize, especially in a political gathering.Rate it:

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proverbs run in pairsEvery proverb seems to be contradicted by another proverb with an opposed message, such as "too many cooks spoil the broth" and "many hands make light work."1863, Sir Richard Burton, Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains, vol. 1, Tinsley (London), p. 309:Moreover, all the world over, proverbs run in pairs, and pull both ways: for the most part one neutralizes, by contradiction, the other.Rate it:

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PunchboardA book-size laminated paper 1'/2 inch thick board with 25 to 200 drilled holes in surface. Holes contain 'accordion-fold', numbered kite-paper which when 'punched-out of board' with small PUNCH-tool may reveal a 'winning-chance number': Winning Numbers posted on board. Variety of Valuable prizes is predetermined by cost of a single 'PUNCH': Win! Box Candy, jewelry, trinkets, appliances, tools, flashlights et al:Rate it:

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