Collocations for blessing - noun
1. thing that brings happiness/improves your life
PHRASES
a blessing in disguise (= a thing that seems unfortunate, but is later seen to be fortunate),
count your blessings
(= to be grateful for the good things you have)
2. approval/support
VERB + blessing
have
give sb/sth
The government has given its official blessing to the project.
give sb/sth
The government has given its official blessing to the project.
get,
receive
She received the full blessing of her employers.
She received the full blessing of her employers.
PREPOSITION
with sb's blessing,
without sb's blessing
He went off to Latin America with his mother's blessing.
He went off to Latin America with his mother's blessing.
3. prayer
VERB + blessing
bestow,
give,
make,
pronounce,
say
The blessing was said in Hebrew.
The blessing was said in Hebrew.
ask,
ask for
receive
receive