She blamed the crimes on the local jobless teenagers. 'The devil makes work for idle hands,' she would say.

她认为那些违法行为是当地的无业青少年所为，总是说：“人一闲，惹麻烦”。

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The devil finds work for idle hands to do.

魔鬼专找游手好闲者；无所事事者易作恶。

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Even the hands that make crowns of thorns are better than idle hands.

连那把荆棘编成王冠的双手，也比闲着的双手强。

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But just as in the old days, Lanegan and Dulli are so inherently earnest that "Idle Hands" becomes a pulpy hard-rock classic.

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It is going to take creativity, discipline and the creation of future prospects if those active minds and idle hands are not going to create mischief.

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The reverberating, echo-driven chant that opens "Idle Hands" from the first Gutter Twins album, Saturnalia sounds as if it were written to rev up a stadium crowd.

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