nectar of the gods

nectar of the gods

A delicious drink. In classical mythology nectar was the life-giving drink of the gods, and ambrosia their food. The term was transferred to any delicious beverage in the sixteenth century.
See also: god, nectar, of
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • bottoms up
  • Bottoms up!
  • be in the drink
  • belt a drink down
  • care for another (something)
  • care for another?
  • (as) full as a tick
  • full as a tick
  • a stiff drink
  • do a shot
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Last entrance is at 3.30pm and the entrance fee (e1/46 per person, under-3s go free) includes a chalice of 'the nectar of the gods' and a gift for each child.
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Bwana Kogi hasn't achieved much but to deny himself what the 'nectar of the Gods' must really taste like.
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-- Once called the nectar of the gods, the oldest fermented beverage is seeing a renaissance.
Mead leaves the 'Dark Ages'; Rediscovering nectar of the gods
Iam still puzzled to see Bulgarian girls buying Chanel, when they have the nectar of the gods right at home.
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In the real world, the key to immortality isn't (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosia) drinking the nectar of the gods or (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Picture_of_Dorian_Gray) making Faustian bargains involving charmed paintings .
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"This schalet's pure ambrosia," Heine writes, using the German word for the dish, "Of the true and only God / Par-adisal bread of rapture." Behold, cholent: nectar of the gods?
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We were astonished to taste the nectar of the gods.
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The Aztecs called it the "nectar of the Gods." They not only used it in foods and beverages, but also as a topical antibacterial in wound care, like honey.
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What could be closer to the nectar of the gods an edible flowers?
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The benefits of red wine have long been chronicled and for those who drink the nectar of the gods, there is a new one to add to the list.
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"To me it is the nectar of the gods. Just looking at it in a crystal-clear decanter fills me with a glorious sense of anticipation.
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