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land of milk and honey

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land of milk and honey
Old Testament the land of natural fertility promised to the Israelites by God (Ezekiel 20:6)

land of milk and honey
land of fertility and abundance. [O.T.: Exodus 3:8, 33:3; Jeremiah 11:5]
See : Abundance

land of milk and honey
proverbial ideal of plenty and happiness. [Western Cult.: Brewer Dictionary]
See : Paradise


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The latest export from the land of milk and honey is a grass-chomping mammal that hangs out in rivers and lakes and is apparently hard to sedate.
ÒWeÕve been the land of milk and honey for many years, and itÕs only recently that weÕve had the new reality of our economy.
For the Greeks, the Turkish invasion of 1974 was the end of undivided Cyprus, the land of milk and honey - never mind the frequent Greco-Turkish clashes that left numerous dead on both sides.
 
 
 
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