The US is the land of milk and honey

For thousands of bright Indians, USA is the land of milk and honey

Gurmeet feels he needs superior spoken English skills to get the full benefit of the immense opportunities in the land of milk and honey, the USA. 

The land of milk and honey means an imaginary place where milk flows and honey rains. Ok, may be not so dramatic but the idea is it has abundance of everything you might want. The phrase is used to describe a rich place where all forms of material comforts and riches are available.

Let’s see some examples:

1. Tony Montana came to the US and found it a land of milk and honey. The setting was right for a ruthlessly ambitious man with dubious morals like him and he soon rose to the top echelons of the American drug mafia.
2. India is a crazy place. If you are one of the millions whose dads are laborers or poor farmers or rickshawpullers, it can be heartrendingly cruel. If, on the other hand, your father comes form one of the thousands of big and small political families, it can be a land of milk and honey.

The land of milk and honey signifies abundance, no shortage.

Let’s see some more examples:

1. For Indians in the eighties, USA was nothing less than a land of milk and honey while their own country was forever marred with shortages. food grains were rationed, getting a telephone connection took months if not years, buying a scooter took years, and for practically everything, you had to ask for government permission.
2. For young Salem, Mumbai was a land of milk and honey. He had found his profession and nothing was beyond reach – money, women, luxury and premium lifestyle.
3. Any place on the earth can be the land of milk and honey if you know how to make money there and can do all that it takes.