something that you need which you get when you are not expecting to get it.

I had been unemployed for two years, so when somebody phoned me up and offered me a permanent job it was like manna from heaven.

• nod off
• no doubt
• no doubt about it
• nod's as good as a wink.
• no end
• no end in sight
• no end in sight to
• no end in sight to something
• no end of
• no end of something
• no expense is spared
• no expense spared
• No fear!
• no good
• no great shakes
• no hard and fast rules
• no hard feelings
• no harm, no foul
• no holds barred
• no-holds-barred
• no ifs and buts
• no ifs, ands, or buts
• no joke
• no kidding
• no laughing matter