Idiom
answer someone's prayers
Meaning
To be or do exactly what someone has been wishing or asking for.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“This new coffee machine really answered my prayers.”
“When I was struggling to finish the project, your help arrived and truly answered my prayers.”
“The sudden arrival of the rescue team after days of isolation felt as though providence had finally answered their prayers.”
Examples
simple
“This new coffee machine really answered my prayers.”
contextual
“When I was struggling to finish the project, your help arrived and truly answered my prayers.”
complex
“The sudden arrival of the rescue team after days of isolation felt as though providence had finally answered their prayers.”
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