the 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.

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
  • land of milk and honey, the
  • milk and honey
  • corn in Egypt
  • fiat lux
  • on a biblical scale
  • land of plenty
  • spoilt
  • be spoilt for choice
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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.
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In future, the land of milk and honey will be paying an extra pounds 33.65 per week, per additional wife.
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It would not be surprising that a great calamity is truly imminent with much wailing and gnashing of teeth not unlike the exodus out of Egypt into the land of milk and honey.
The right thing
The land of milk and honey is flowing into the U.S., now that the Israel Dairy Board has launched a public relations campaign to increase the awareness of that country's cheeses and other dairy products.
Kosher cheese fest
A collection that deals with the land of milk and honey is not complete without a discussion of the changes in the cultural, physical, and political landscape of Eretz Israel from the beginning of the 1880s.
"A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey": Visions of Israel from Biblical to Modern Times
MAY I suggest that the Government stops handing out large sums of money to asylum seekers and other groups who have come to regard the UK as the land of milk and honey? Then maybe the rest of us can look forward to a few extra years of relaxation after a lifetime of hard work.
Your say: Reader's letter
FRAIL Pope John Paul stands yesterday on the spot where Moses first saw the land of milk and honey.
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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
What our game desperately needs now is someone with wisdom and caution standing on the shoulder of those clubs who think they can live in the land of milk and honey forever.
The Magnificent Seven