Definitions
WordNet 3.0
- n. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
- n. (Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the Exodus
Examples
“In an otherwise slow week for sex scandals, the Killiecrankie thing must have seemed like manna from heaven to the news desks.”
“Sometimes Feif made five hundred dollars a day giving lessons, and it’s been manna from heaven for Griffin Stenger, who owns the Amagansett Surf and Bike Shop.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘manna from heaven’.
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RELI - biblical phrases
a bird in the han..., a broken heart, a cross to bear, a drop in the bucket, a fly in the oint..., a graven image, a house divided a..., a labour of love, a law unto themse..., a leopard cannot ..., a man after his o..., a multitude of sins and 118 more...
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RELI - Biblical collocations
Biblical collocations and collocations relating to the Bible. This is just a stud. The topic is enermous.
Acts of the Apostles, Adam and Eve, book oath, carob bean tree, epistle lesson, felix culpa, festival of lights, ficus sycomorus, fig leaf, Geneva Bible, Gog and Magog, golden rule and 324 more...
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Impossible Snow Globes
Scenes that do not lend themselves to having downy snowflakes swirling around.
Sonoran Desert, Sahara, aquarium, my kitchen, Vegas, Honolulu, yule log, Gone With the Win..., tranquility base, Morton Stanley me..., Mos Eisley Cantina, Burning Man and 19 more...
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