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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land of milk and honey

“It’s not a land of milk and honey and dancing horses; it’s a land of business, and market forces.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2020

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

Her native clime was a land of milk and honey and had its share of apes and ivory and peacocks.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck