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like a pig in clover

like a pig 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 pig in clover

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

Words near like a pig in clover in the dictionary

  1. like a moth to flame
  2. like a moth to the flame
  3. like a mother hawk
  4. like a pakapoo ticket
  5. like a phoenix from the ashes
  6. like a pig in clover
  7. like a plasterer's radio
  8. like a raped ape
  9. like a rat from a sinking ship
  10. like a rat up a drain
  11. like a rat up a drainpipe

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