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
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 J. W. Duffield
We went to sleep, therefore, with the comfortable assurance that everything would turn out well for us on the morrow, when we should be in clover if appearances were to be trusted.
From The Penang Pirate and, The Lost Pinnace by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson
Make up to her," whispered the Captain, "flatter her to the masthead if you wish to be in clover for the rest of your stay.
From A Modern Buccaneer by Rolf Boldrewood
I regret that I cannot be "in clover" with you on the 28th instant.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Robert Green Ingersoll
