high cotton

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The best of times; a time of well being. Southern-US,US,idiomatic,slang,uncountable
    — We're in high cotton now.

词源

The term "high cotton" or "tall cotton" originates from the rural farming community in the antebellum (pre-Civil War) South when "high cotton" meant that the crops were good and the prices were, too. The term has generalized to mean one is doing well or is successful.
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