land of milk and honey
Meanings
noun
- An imaginary or real land of abundance, particularly the Land of Israel.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From English translations of Exodus 3:7-8. Calque of Biblical Hebrew אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ.
Related words
Previous
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.