honey hole
English
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[edit]honey hole (plural honey holes)
- A hole in the trunk of a tree, containing the natural honey produced by a colony of bees.
- (idiomatic) A location or situation which yields something of significant value.
- 2000 April 30, Pete Bodo, “Outdoors: A Presence at the Source of the Noble Brookie”, in New York Times, retrieved 10 June 2020:
- The water swirling gently at the base of the muscular willow crowding the brook was the color of pea soup, and so deep that the bottom was invisible—a feature so dramatic on this small ribbon of water that it qualified as an authentic "honey hole". This is the angler's catch phrase for one of those rare, reliable places that always hold fish.
- 2018 May 15, Todd C. Frankel, “The surprising return of the repo man”, in Washington Post, retrieved 10 June 2020:
- Lewis, 33, got his start repossessing cars when he was 14, helping his dad tow vehicles in the dead of night. […] [R]epos clustered in unexpected ways. Lewis pointed to one apartment complex so stocked with repos it became his honey hole.
- (idiomatic, vulgar, slang) The vagina or vulva, as an object of sexual interest.
- 2018, Larry Davis, chapter 13, in The Winery and the Irishmen[1], →ISBN:
- While humping her on the side of the road, she died one day. […] He saw the big eighteen-wheeler coming, but her back was turned, and she saw nothing. He was suddenly scared, which helped obtain his freedom from her honey hole.