Promised Land
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6.2
- noun
- /ˈprɑːmɪst lænd/
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Tierra Prometida
- After years of hard work, she finally reached her Promised Land, where she felt fulfilled and happy.
- reach the Promised Land
- get to the Promised Land
- see the Promised Land
I just take short term pain to get to the promised land faster.
- I just take short term pain to get to the promised land faster.
- I might not get there with you, but I've glimpsed the promised land.
- And he said when I arrived in China, China was the promised land.
- And we will start with Carl, who was recently in Germany, which is now kind of the promised land for refugees and migrants.
- And I and you, this is supposed to be the promised land.
Examples
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At least she would feel the Promised Land beneath her feet again.
Fiction book (2001) -
So if I want to make it to this promised land, which is my entire world and identity, then I have to go and follow his directions or path.
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I just take short term pain to get to the promised land faster.
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I can bring you to the Promised Land.
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Books are the road to the promised land.
Fiction book (2001) -
We are in the Promised Land.
Academic text (1995) -
Why, this is a passport to the Promised Land.
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To a backpacker, it was the promised land.
Fiction book (2001) -
NORML led the nation to the promised land, where people are still free and their rights are protected.
Blog text (12) -
You'd think they'd found the Promised Land.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
192
4.0
A place or state of perfect happiness and peace
58
3.6
A feeling of happiness and satisfaction when you achieve something important
12
2.8
A country where people can make a better life by working hard
Antonyms
How Fulfilling
Surface Forms
Morphology
The basic idea of a 'land' that has been 'promised' is directly derivable from the constituents, so learners can infer a literal meaning (land that was promised to someone). However, the extended idiomatic and religious/metaphorical sense of an ultimate place of fulfillment or reward depends on cultural/biblical knowledge and metaphorical extension, so the full meaning is not fully predictable from the parts. Equivalent expressions exist in many languages (e.g., Spanish 'Tierra Prometida'), which helps comprehension but does not eliminate the idiomatic nuance.
Etymology
Promised Land uses the clear image of a promised safe land reached after a hard journey, like the Israelites finding a new home. So people now use Promised Land to mean 'a place of happiness or success' achieved after effort.