live in clover Idiom
in clover
rich or successful, having a pleasant or easy life They are in clover now that they have sold their business and retired.
four-leaf clover|clover|four|four-leaf
n. A small green plant with four leaves which many people think means good luck because clover plants usually have three leaves.
John has a four-leaf clover in his pocket. He thinks he will have good luck now.
in clover|clover|in the clover
adv. or
adj. phr.,
informal In rich comfort; rich or successful; having a pleasant or easy life.
They live in clover because their father is rich. When we finish the hard part we'll be in the clover. Compare: BED OF ROSES, LIFE OF RILEY, LIVE HIGH OFF THE HOG, ON EASY STREET.
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like pigs in clover.
like pigs in clover
like pigs in clover Extremely contentedly, as in
They had a handsome pension and lived like pigs in clover. This expression alludes to pigs being allowed to eat as much clover, a favorite food, as they wish. It appeared in the
Boston Gazette of January 7, 1813: “Canadians! then in droves come over, And live henceforth like pigs in clover.” [Early 1800s]
live in clover
To alive after banking stress; to alive in abundance or luxury. If alone I could win the lottery, again I would be active in clover, instead of alive three jobs to pay my bills. He's lived in clover his accomplished life, so it's no admiration he's award it boxy accepting to bulwark for himself for once.Learn more: clover, livein clover, to be/live
To prosper. This expression, with its affinity to beasts agriculture appropriately in a acreage of clover, dates from the aboriginal eighteenth century. It occasionally has been put like pigs in clover, and, in avant-garde America, rolling in clover. All of them beggarly “to alive well.”Learn more: live, to
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