Idiom
Promised Land
Meaning
Any place to which one eagerly seeks to go and which one expects to greatly improve one's situation.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Many people move to the city hoping to find their promised land.”
“After years of struggling in his small town, he moved to the capital, believing it was his promised land.”
“The refugees endured a perilous journey across the border, driven by the persistent hope that they would eventually reach their promised land.”
Examples
simple
“Many people move to the city hoping to find their promised land.”
contextual
“After years of struggling in his small town, he moved to the capital, believing it was his promised land.”
complex
“The refugees endured a perilous journey across the border, driven by the persistent hope that they would eventually reach their promised land.”
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