milk and honey

land of milk and honey

A place of abundance that is free from want. The phrase comes from the Biblical description of the land promised to the Israelites. It might be better than where you came from, but don't think this is some utopia or land of milk and honey—we still have to work for what we have.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

milk and honey

prosperity and abundance.
This expression alludes to the prosperity of the Promised Land of Israel in the Bible (Exodus 3:8).
See also: and, honey, milk
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • a/the land of milk and honey
  • land of milk and honey
  • land of milk and honey, the
  • the land of milk and honey
  • corn in Egypt
  • fiat lux
  • on a biblical scale
  • land of plenty
  • be spoilt/spoiled for choice
  • choice
References in periodicals archive
"From Forbidden Fruit to Milk and Honey: A Commentary on Food in the Torah", a collection of contributions by scholarly contributors that is compiled by Diana Lipton (Adjunct Lecturer in Bible at Hebrew University's Rothberg International School) deftly spotlights and showcases food as written about in the pages of the Torah itself, where, as still today, it's used to explore themes including love and desire, compassion and commitment, social justice, memory, belonging and exclusion, control, deception, and life and death.
Three years before it debuted on the Great White Way, Milk and Honey opened at the Martin Beck Theatre (now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre) in October 1961.
Land of Milk and Honey II, which can be seen in Gallery 12, is a sealed wood and glass vitrine of copper coins and congealed milk.
But bee's honey wasn't common in ancient Israel--in fact, "the land of milk and honey" of the Torah is a bit of a misnomer.
Milk and honey mask: It is also known as the Cleopatra mask.
The 24cm by 24cm clock is pounds 17.95 from Milk and Honey, www.milk-and-honey.co.uk ?
Fish WC sign, pounds 5.50, Milk and Honey, www.milk-and-honey.co.uk, 0845 459 7649 4.
For chocolate mousse, heat double cream, milk and honey in a pan over a medium heat.
Seeing that we spend the most time in there, it seems only fair that we have the final say on what's in the bathroom 1: Cath Kidston blue roses adult towelling robe, pounds 59.99, The Gifted Penguin, www.giftedpenguin.co.uk 2: Luxury bathroom set, pounds 99.50, Stylish Life, www.stylishlife.co.uk 3: Vintage toilet roll holder, pounds 14.95, Milk and Honey, www.milk-and-honey.co.uk 4: French bathroom storage rack, pounds 140, Jasmine Way, www.jasmineway.co.uk, 0208 715 2520 5: Bathroom apothecary hooks, pounds 4, Matalan, www.matalan.co.uk, 0845 330 3330 6: Black jewel soap dispenser, pounds 10, tissue box, pounds 15, cotton bud box, pounds 10, Matalan, www.matalan.co.uk, 0845 330 3330 7: Vanilla and poppy seed letter soap, pounds 5.99, Jonny's Sister, www.jonnyssister.co.uk
The new addition's milk and honey formula replenishes skin's natural moisture and helps minimize irritation and bumps.
IN EXODUS AND DEUTERONOMY GOD PROMISED TO deliver the Hebrews from poverty and slavery, leading them into "a land flowing with milk and honey," a land in which there would be no poor in their midst.
MILK and honey was the remedy granny would have come up with for those coughs, colds and runny noses.
3 Dip each slice of bread in the egg, milk and honey mix.
Cleopatra is well known to have bathed in milk and honey, while Chinese women traditionally used a blend of honey and ground orange seeds to promote clear skin, and royalty throughout history swore by honey hair conditioners.
Try Sainsbury's Split Level Bathing Milk with Milk and Honey, pounds 2.99.