plague of locusts
Biblical crop devastation
A plague of locusts is a massive swarm of locusts that devastates crops and vegetation across wide areas.
The phrase evokes biblical catastrophe—one of the ten plagues of Egypt—and extends figuratively to any overwhelming destructive force arriving in great numbers: Tourists descended on the town like a plague of locusts.
- swarmMass of moving insects
- infestationPest takeover situation
- biblicalOf sacred texts
- Old TestamentPre-Christian biblical canon
- EgyptNortheastern African nation
Moses · famine · crops · devastation · harvest · crop failure · grasshoppers · exodus · pestilence · devouring · horde · fields · destruction · wings · buzzing · blackened · sky · pharaoh
- Passoverseder plate, Passover, matzah, seder, charoset
- Divine Punishmentdivine retribution, divine wrath, wrath of God, smite, smiting
- body metaphorsbackbone, blind spot, gut feeling, headache, heartbeat
- Biblical creaturesLeviathan, serpent, lamb, donkey, demon
plague of locustsbumper crop
Unusually large harvest
land of plenty · bountiful harvest · cornucopia · horn of plenty · feast
plague of locustsmanna from heaven
Unexpected divine provision
divine blessing · deliverance · godsend · salvation · miracle