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

Then these young scamps will be in clover.

From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram

You've come in good time, an' if Het will let you stay you'll be in clover the rest o' yore days.

From Dixie Hart by Harben, Will N. (William Nathaniel)

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

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