milk

It's no good/use crying over spilt milk.

something that you say which means you should not get upset about something bad that has happened that you cannot change. Sometimes I regret not taking that job in London. Oh well, there's no point crying over spilt milk.

See also: crying, good, it's, over, use

the land of milk and honey

a country where people from other countries would like to live because they imagine that the living conditions are excellent and it is easy to make money. People in poorer parts of the world still look on the States as the land of milk and honey.

See also: land

the milk of human kindness (literary)

being good and kind to other people. She's one of those amazing people who's just overflowing with the milk of human kindness.

See also: human, kindness

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land of milk and honey

an imaginary place where there is more than enough of everything. She came to the United States thinking it was the land of milk and honey.

Etymology: from the Bible story in which the Lord promises to bring the Israelites out of Egypt and into a land flowing with milk and honey

See also: land