Pisgah sight

noun

Pis·​gah sight

ˈpizgə

: a distant view (as of an unobtainable objective)

only a Pisgah sight of the promised land of long-deferred discovery

—I. B. Hart

Word History

Etymology

from Mt. Pisgah, Palestine, from which Moses was allowed to see the Promised Land according to Deuteronomy 3:27

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