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no peace for the weary

no peace for the weary is the alternative form of no rest for the weary.

Meaning of no rest for the weary

Proverb

no rest for the weary

  1. (humorous) Even people who are tired must still work.

Questions about no peace for the weary

What is no peace for the weary the alternative form of?
No peace for the weary is the alternative form of no rest for the weary.

Words near no peace for the weary in the dictionary

  1. no outlet
  2. no pain, no gain
  3. no parking
  4. no parking whitebeam
  5. no parking whitebeams
  6. no peace for the weary
  7. no picnic
  8. no place
  9. no plan survives contact with the enemy
  10. no plan survives first contact with the enemy
  11. no poo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: no peace for the weary (page history and authors); no rest for the weary (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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