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like pigs in clover

like pigs 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 pigs in clover

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

Words near like pigs in clover in the dictionary

  1. like one owns the place
  2. like one's life depended on it
  3. like painting the Forth Bridge
  4. like peas and carrots
  5. like peas in a pod
  6. like pigs in clover
  7. like rats from a sinking ship
  8. like rats in a sack
  9. like real
  10. like riding a bike
  11. like robbing a baby

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