in clover

介词短语
中文释义

英文释义

介词短语
  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.
  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.

词形变化

like a bee in clover alternative like a pig in clover alternative like pigs in clover alternative rolling in clover alternative

词源

By pastoral metaphor, alluding to bees or grazing livestock who are well pleased by clover.
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