milk and honey

Example Sentences

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This is an era of milk and honey for those who make their livelihood from chess.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2023

In Exodus, God led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt to a land of milk and honey.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2023

Still, with Twitter melting down and the long-standing issues with the major social media platforms, for many people the new land of Mastodon and the fediverse doesn't have to be all milk and honey.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2022

The milk and honey cake is delightful on its own, but cover it with lemony mascarpone icing and it’s dinner party fare.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2019

With my drawn blade I spaded up the votive pit, and poured libations round it to the unnumbered dead: sweet milk and honey, then sweet wine, and last clear water; and I scattered barley down.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer