The phrase was originally expressed as 'no peace for the wicked' and refers to the eternal torment of Hell that awaited sinners. Not surprisingly, it derives from the Bible - Isaiah 57.
Its use in a figurative secular sense became much more common in the 1930s and it is now usually used for mild comic effect.
Extracted from http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/257500.html
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