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
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
If you’d worked that deal through, time of the drouth in seventy-four, we’d be in clover and no Careyville and no Aydelots in the way.
From Winning the Wilderness by Marchand, J. N.
