land of milk and honey

American  

Or Land of Milk and Honey

noun

1. a land of unusual fertility and abundance.

2. the blessings of heaven.

3. the Promised Land.

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land of milk and honey British  

noun

1. Old Testament the land of natural fertility promised to the Israelites by God (Ezekiel 20:6)

2. any fertile land, state, etc

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Example Sentences

Carmy can be a handful, but he’s led his team into this land of milk and honey, and if the Bear is dysfunctional, it nevertheless manages to put food on the table, create delight and pay its people.

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Zhang, an award-winning author of “How Much of These Hills Is Gold” and “Land of Milk and Honey,” was scheduled to speak at the May 8 education school doctoral hooding ceremony.

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“This was the Tinseltown. This was the land of milk and honey.”

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“Land of Milk and Honey,” Zhang’s newest novel, is set farther afield — on a remote Italian mountaintop in a dystopian future — but it returns to the concept of food in times of crisis.

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Art in ‘Land of Milk and Honey,’ a lively, engaging and sometimes sobering group exhibition at the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture, casts a skeptical eye on California agriculture.

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