manna from heaven

Noun	1.	manna from heaven - (Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the Exodus Synonyms: miraculous food, manna
	2.	manna from heaven - a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed lik an assembly line" Synonyms: bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, windfall, bonanza, boom