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like a bee in clover

like a bee in clover is the alternative form of in clover.

Meaning of in clover

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
  2. Happy and contented.
    • to live in clover
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, clover.
    • These hogs are happy to be in clover.

Questions about like a bee in clover

What is like a bee in clover the alternative form of?
Like a bee in clover is the alternative form of in clover.

Words near like a bee in clover in the dictionary

  1. likasite
  2. like
  3. like a bag of ferrets
  4. like a bat out of hell
  5. like a bear with a sore head
  6. like a bee in clover
  7. like a big dog
  8. like a bitch
  9. like a bitch on heat
  10. like a blue-arsed fly
  11. like a boss

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