be in clover

Example Sentences

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Recalls Jerry Cazin, 77, who has owned the Cazin & Houtz hardware store in Evanston for 51 years: "People thought they were going to be in clover all their lives."

From Time Magazine Archive

It might have been thought that with this unexpected gain, Basset would be in clover.

From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John

Then these young scamps will be in clover.

From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram

Without the one, man, being a gregarious animal, cannot subsist: while without the other he would simply be in clover.

From Proposed Roads to Freedom by Russell, Bertrand

It's a pleasant spot; and a man with coals and candles and a pound a week might be in clover here.'

From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles