No rest for the wicked.

No rest for the wicked.
No rest for the wicked.
Fig. It's because you are wicked that you have to work hard. (Usually jocular.) •

A: I can't seem to ever get all my work done. B: No rest for the wicked.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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