manna from heaven

The 1980s reforms were like manna from heaven for him.

A few weeks later, a reservation at Camélia in the Arts District presented itself like manna from heaven.

When I got home, I flung myself onto the couch, basking in the AC’s icy coolness as if it were manna from heaven.

"I can think of three people specifically at this moment in time who it will be manna from heaven to get their debts cleared without having to find the £90 fee."

The sight of Lopez-Padilla’s silver Jeep pulling up to the Lost City encampment on Thursday felt, to some residents, like a miracle — like manna from heaven.