milk and honey

Example Sentences

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For good and for ill, those milk and honey farms would barely exist without the water being channeled in through herculean industrial effort from natural sources like the Colorado River.

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

Hornet had given Bo hot milk and honey after dinner and he had emptied two whole mugs without becoming suspicious.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke