To be in clover means to have an easy, prosperous and happy life, without any worries.
Clover is a favourite food of cattle and this idiom comes from cattle happily feeding in a field of clover.
Examples of use:
1. If we won the lottery we would be in clover for the rest of our lives!
2. He is living in clover with his wife and children in a beautiful home in Barbados.
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I haven't come across the idiom 'in clover ' before.
I will definitely be using this term in the future.
In the language of flowers the four leaf clover means hope, faith, love and luck with each meaning associated with one of the leaves.
Many thanks for a very helpful blog post.
That's very interesting – the language of flowers ties in very well with this idiom doesn't it?
If we have hope, faith, love and luck we would certainly be living in clover
I wonder if there is a connection between the language of flowers and the origins of this idiom…..
Angela.