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rolling in clover

rolling 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 rolling in clover

What is rolling in clover the alternative form of?
Rolling in clover is the alternative form of in clover.

Words near rolling in clover in the dictionary

  1. Rolling Hills
  2. Rolling Hills Estates
  3. rolling hitch
  4. rolling hitches
  5. rolling in
  6. rolling in clover
  7. rolling in dough
  8. rolling in it
  9. rolling in one's grave
  10. rolling in the aisle
  11. rolling in the aisles

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