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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Clover

He's in clover. In luck, in prosperous circumstances, in a good situation. The allusion is to cattle feeding in clover fields.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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