He is in clover.
Meaning: Prosperity and contentment come from finding oneself in favorable, comfortable circumstances.
Origin: Clover is rich, sweet grazing, and cattle turned into a clover field fatten happily. The figurative phrase "in clover," meaning living in comfort, dates from the early 18th century, and Samuel Johnson's dictionary explained it by the delight clover gives cattle.
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