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honey hole

honey hole

8.3
A place where many good things are found, often a favorite fishing spot
  • noun
  • /ˈhʌni hoʊl/
  • Informal
translation icon : lugar privilegiado
  • Many local anglers are eager to share tips on finding the best honey holes around the lake.

Examples

  • Last summer, we discovered a honey hole for trout fishing that had the largest catches I'd ever seen.

  • After weeks of exploration, I finally found a honey hole filled with fish just off the beaten path.

  • I have found the honey hole, and I am not sharing GSP coordinates on an open blog.

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  • And that seems to me to be the honey hole I'm trying to unpack and continually chase, knowing I'm never going to get there.

  • It only took me a few minutes to realize I had found a real honey hole of quality, like-minded individuals who I felt cared as much as I do about things and were real people and not a bunch of fraudsters, and sign up I did!

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Synonyms

hidden fishhole
vshoney hole
  • Jargon
9.9

A secret place by a river where only a few people fish

focuses on plentiful resources and opportunity rather than secrecy

Antonyms

desolate
29 6.8

Empty and bleak with little life or shelter

barren
5 7.4

An area of land where little grows and people do not live

How Productive

honey hole
  • Informal
8.3
plum spot
7.3
hot spot
9 3.7
dead end
28 2.7

Surface Forms

honey hole singular
honey holes plural

Morphology

honey + hole

The compound combines 'honey' (something desirable/valuable) with 'hole' (a place), so a learner who knows both words can infer a metaphorical ‘place rich in resources’. However, the specific pragmatic sense (a favored fishing spot) and the lexicalized, regional usage are somewhat idiomatic and not fully predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Honey hole may come from hunters and fishers who likened a very rich spot to a bee's store of honey in a hole — a place full of sweet, easy food. So, calling a place a honey hole today means it is a secret spot full of 'good things' or 'opportunities'.