milk and honey

Example Sentences

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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

Ancient Egyptians poured out water for their gods, some Greeks poured wine or milk and honey onto their altars, and the practice appears in the Bible and the “Iliad.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 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

She is unmoved by brochures promising milk and honey in the “Land of Opportunity.”

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2021

No milk and honey on the other side, either, but just more stinking jungle laying low in the haze, as far, far away as the memory of picnics in Georgia.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver