Sunday 3 March 2013

No rest for the wicked

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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