land of 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.
See also: and, honey, land, milk, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

the land of milk and honey

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a land of milk and honey

LITERARY
If you call a country or place the land of milk and honey or a land of milk and honey, you mean that it is a place with plenty of food and resources, where people can make money easily and have good lives. Note: `Spilled' can also be spelled `spilt' in British English. Canada was the land of milk and honey. The land of opportunities. This was the first port of call for many refugees coming to Australia, expecting to find a land of milk and honey. Note: This expression is used in the Bible to describe the Promised Land of the Israelites. (Exodus 3:8)
See also: and, honey, land, milk, of
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

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

a/the land of ˌmilk and ˈhoney

a place where life is pleasant and easy and people are very happy: She had always longed to travel to the United States and to see what she imagined as the land of milk and honey.This phrase comes from the Bible, referring to the Promised Land.
See also: and, honey, land, milk, of
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

land of milk and honey, the

A place abounding in good things. The term comes from the Book of Exodus (3:8), where God tells Moses, “And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians . . . unto a land flowing with milk and honey.”
See also: and, land, milk, of
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • a/the land of milk and honey
  • land of milk and honey, the
  • milk and honey
  • the land of milk and honey
  • corn in Egypt
  • fiat lux
  • on a biblical scale
  • land of plenty
  • spoilt
  • be spoilt for choice
References in periodicals archive
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The significance of this book lies beyond its study of the conception of a land of milk and honey. The collection of papers highlights and clarifies the unusual political, spiritual, and strategic importance of Eretz Israel throughout the history of mankind, and for many different communities all over the globe.
"A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey": Visions of Israel from Biblical to Modern Times
His week-long pilgrimage began in Jordan where he went straight from Amman airport to Mount Nebo, where Moses first looked across at the land of milk and honey.
Pope visits Holy Land
But all this will be of next to no use so long as the riff-raff of Eastern Europe believe Britain is a land of milk and honey.
David Mellor Column: Why are we such mugs?
Needless to say, some migrants are not finding their yearned-for escape into the land of milk and honey but a dreadful end in the desert from exposure, exhaustion, or dehydration.
People are dying to come to America
"The land of milk and honey" draws immigrants in search of wealth and a new life.
The Other Americans
He persuaded the children of Israel that they should go forward toward a land of milk and honey when all they could see around them was sand.
Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution
His other titles are Lost Boundaries (1948), Land of Milk and Honey (1949), Bernard Baruch: Portrait of a Citizen (1950), Back Down the Ridge (1953), and The Captives of Korea (1957).
White, William L(indsay) (1900-1973)
Just pay them bills and allow our glorious leader a chance to get on and save the world, and keep the City boys in the land of milk and honey to which they have become accustomed.
Letter: Your Say - Paying lip service
If wiser counsels do not prevail, Darfur and Ethiopia will pale into insignificance in comparison to the starvation of the Palestinian people in the biblical land of milk and honey that was promised to the children of Abraham.
Whither Palestinians?
range has a Land Of Milk And Honey body wash which costs pounds 3.75 while their Mediterranean range stocks an Almond and Peach milk softening conditioner (pounds 3.25) and an Almond, Milk and Pistachio cleansing balm (pounds 4), which is good for dry skin.
BEAUTY: Pass the milky bar, kid; Modern girls are imitating the Queen of the Nile to get creamy complexions reveals Shereen Low