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Complete the following proverb with a relevant option:
An empty mind is the ______.
a) God’s house
b) Giant’s office
c) Devil’s workshop
d) Man’s office

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Hint: A proverb is a simple, concrete, traditional saying that expresses a perceived truth based on common sense or experience. Proverbs are often metaphorical and use formulaic language. Collectively, they form a genre of folklore

Complete answer:
The complete and correct proverb is 'An empty mind is a devil's workshop.'
This means that an idle and unoccupied mind always gets into something disruptive and destructive. The way a devil disrupts everything and creates destruction similarly an empty mind produces negative thoughts and nothing fruitful comes out of it. when a person is idle evil thoughts easily invade that person. These negative thoughts can turn a man into a devil. A man cannot be idle and unproductive for long and if the person is not onto something his mind will be corrupted with bad thoughts. Not only is he corrupted with such ideas but also becomes lazy. This is when the bad and evil attacks a person's mind. If he is busy he has no spare time to think about such ideas. So one should never be idle but should stay occupied with work and keep oneself busy.
Hence option C is the correct answer.

Note:
Some common proverbs we hear in our daily life-
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
All that glitters is not gold.