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in clover

in clover prepositional phrase: in a condition of prosperity.

in clover: in a condition of prosperity
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Prepositional phrase

  1. 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.1854, Charles Dickens, “chapter 26”, in Hard Times. For These Times, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC
    • A young man belonging to a good London club, having an allowance of £150 a year, and earning £300 a year by driving a taxameter cab, would be in clover.1899, Truth, volume 45, page 1053
  2. Happy and contented.
    • to live in clover
    • Shelter at Carbury Manor was very much more comfortable than the priest's own establishment, even with the roof on, and Father Barham was in clover.1873 May 1 – December 22 (date written), Anthony Trollope, chapter 55, in The Way We Live Now. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published June 1875, →OCLC
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, clover.
    • These hogs are happy to be in clover.
    • This pasture will be in clover next year, and that one will be in rye.

in clover meaning in Kannada

in clover in Kannada

ನೆಮ್ಮದಿಯಿಂದಿರು, ಹಾಯಾಗಿರು, ಆರಾಮವಾಗಿರು

Examples of in clover in a sentence

  • You and the kids can get real decent money and live in clover the rest of your lives."1993 August 16, James R. Gaines, “From the Managing Editor”, in Time:
  • Some folks were meant to live in clover / But they are such a chosen few / And clovers being green is something I've never seen / 'Cause I was born to be blue1946, Mel Tormé, Robert Wells, “Born to be Blue”:
  • Oh, I am a child of fortune / I've had my share of wretched luck / But I now live in clover2016, “In Clover”, in Moira Buffini (lyrics), Damon Albarn (music), Wonder.land:

Forms of in clover

alternative formlike a bee in clover
alternative formlike a pig in clover
alternative formlike pigs in clover
alternative formrolling in clover

Origin of in clover

By pastoral metaphor, alluding to bees or grazing livestock who are well pleased by clover.

Questions about in clover

What does in clover mean?
In clover means in a condition of prosperity.
What is in clover in Kannada?
In clover in Kannada is ನೆಮ್ಮದಿಯಿಂದಿರು, ಹಾಯಾಗಿರು, ಆರಾಮವಾಗಿರು. See In clover meaning in Kannada.
How do you use in clover in a sentence?
You and the kids can get real decent money and live in clover the rest of your lives."
What part of speech is in clover?
In clover is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in clover in the dictionary

  1. in church every time the doors are open
  2. in circles
  3. in circulation
  4. in close neighborhood
  5. in close neighbourhood
  6. in clover
  7. in cohorts
  8. in cold blood
  9. in collar
  10. in color
  11. in colour

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in clover (page history and authors); in clover (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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