pisgah sight

pisgah sight
\\ˈpizgə\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized P
Etymology: from Mt. Pisgah, Palestine, from which Moses was allowed to see the Promised Land according to Deut 3:27
: a distant view (as of an unobtainable objective)

only a Pisgah sight of the promised land of long-deferred discovery — I.B.Hart


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