land of milk and honey
Americannoun
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a land of unusual fertility and abundance.
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the blessings of heaven.
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the Promised Land.
noun
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Old Testament the land of natural fertility promised to the Israelites by God (Ezekiel 20:6)
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any fertile land, state, etc
Example Sentences
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Hathaway: And I think Esther wants her kids to get into the land of milk and honey, where they’re not required to have those skills.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2022
Having fled the Dominican Republic, Alvarez found America to be not a land of milk and honey but “the land of Milk/ Duds, Chiclets, gumdrops.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2019
To be clear, North Korea isn’t suddenly a land of milk and honey baths, and woe betide anyone who requests a chemical peel at a Pyongyang hotel.
From Time • Jul. 29, 2016
He said he grew tired of seeing movie stars who had traveled there exalting Cuba as “this wonderful land of milk and honey, and laud the health care system.”
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2015
Maybe it was a land of milk and honey up there, and Captain York and Captain Williams had just never bothered to come back.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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