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

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

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

Worcester sank into his chair with a sigh of satisfaction at sight of little Poulett; he was to be in clover, evidently.

From Acton's Feud A Public School Story by Swainson, Frederick

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 Ingersoll, Robert Green