in clover
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in clover
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By pastoral metaphor, alluding to bees or grazing livestock who are well pleased by clover.
phrase like a bee in clover · like a pig in clover · like pigs in clover · rolling in clover
- In a condition of prosperity. [S]he resigned herself with noble fortitude to lodging, as one may say, in clover, and feeding on the fat of the land.
- Happy and contented. to live in clover
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, clover. These hogs are happy to be in clover.
Talk about this word "in clover." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/in%20clover. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. in clover. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/in%20clover "in clover." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/in%20clover.Cite this
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title = {in clover},
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