# answer to someone's prayers

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/answer-to-someones-prayers
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

Exactly what someone has been wishing or asking for.

## Examples

- This new job is the answer to my prayers.
- After searching for months, finding a reliable babysitter was truly the answer to our prayers.
- The unexpected arrival of the rain after such a long, devastating drought was the answer to the farmers' prayers.

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