be in clover

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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

I fancied I’d be in clover at Krindlesyke, With you and all: but, sink me, if I haven’t Just stuck my silly head into a bee-bike!

From Krindlesyke by Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson

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

We're certain to hit on a game trail sooner or later, and then we'll be in clover.

From Bert Wilson at Panama by Duffield, J. W.

At any rate, we shall be in clover at Prahsu, and be able to get into condition again by the time we make another move.

From Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti by Paget, Walter