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
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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 Boldrewood, Rolf
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.
When the season is over Won't we be in clover, With the gold in our pockets We got from heath-broom.
From In Wicklow and West Kerry by Synge, J. M. (John Millington)
With those and the kit you've got here you'll be in clover.
From A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)