2006-09-17 15:54:38 · 6 answers · asked by Young Chea 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
" We generally accept the received definition of "milk and honey" as a metaphor meaning all good things — God's blessings; and that the Promised Land must have been a land of extraordinary fertility. The phrase "flowing with milk and honey" is understood to be hyperbolically descriptive of the land's richness; hence, its current use to express the abundance of pure means of enjoyment."
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Definitions
milk and honey
noun
1. Comfort; luxury; plenty.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon meolce and hunie; referring to the phrase in the Bible (Exodus 3.8) which describes the ‘land flowing with milk and honey', ie the promised land.
2006-09-17 23:13:38 · answer #1 · answered by julie j 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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What does the "land of milk and honey" mean?
2015-08-19 02:40:34 · answer #2 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that the land is rich, and that the people living there have plenty of food and other treasures
2006-09-17 17:37:45 · answer #3 · answered by carolinalovey 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It simply means the good life
2006-09-20 09:16:18 · answer #4 · answered by Joy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Israel.
it is a cultural reference, meaning a version of paradise.
2006-09-17 16:01:55 · answer #5 · answered by Mazz 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Milk is C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me) Dollar Dollar Bills, Y'all!!!!
Honey is the sweetness that success brings you.
2006-09-17 16:03:50 · answer #6 · answered by Rica_Venia 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
It means there is a lot of food and sweetness available
2006-09-17 22:56:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its a very sticky land where people generally have excellent bone strength.
2006-09-17 16:03:24 · answer #8 · answered by methamphetamine_symposium 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
isreal
2006-09-17 16:02:54 · answer #9 · answered by jellybean7980 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋