Sentence examples of "idle" in English

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Translations: all5 ocioso3 other translations2

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Idle hands are the Internet's workshop. Las manos ociosas son el taller de la internet.

Tom is not an idle boy any longer. Tom ya no es un chico ocioso.

He is ashamed of having been idle in his youth. Él está avergonzado de haber sido ocioso en su juventud.

I spent idle days during the vacation. Pasé días sin hacer nada en las vacaciones.

I prefer working hard to just sitting idle. Prefiero trabajar duro a sentarme sin hacer nada.

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