be in clover
Meaning: To live in comfort and luxury.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Example: “Since the lottery win, they've been in clover.”
Category: Nature
Origin: Cattle put out to graze in a field of clover were thought to be at their happiest. The phrase is found from the 18th century.
Equivalents in other languages
- French: Comme un coq en pâte — literally: Like a rooster in pastry
More idioms — Nature
- go downhill — To get steadily worse.
- clear as day — Completely obvious.
- grow like wildfire — To spread very fast.
- blow me down — An exclamation of complete surprise.
- be over the moon — Absolutely delighted.
- green with envy — Extremely jealous.
More English idioms
- right up one's alley — Exactly suited to someone's interests or skills.
- have the luck of the devil — To be extraordinarily lucky.
- hightail it — To leave in a great hurry.
- diddly-squat — Nothing at all.
- take a hike — Go away; get lost.
- have a nerve — To be rude or bold in a way that shocks others.
From our compliments & insults
- Testa quadrata — A rigid, inflexible blockhead who refuses to see beyond their fixed ideas.
- È un mammone — An overgrown man who can't make a decision without his mother — the Italian archetype of…
- Che piagnucolone — A relentless crybaby who finds something to complain about in every situation.