in clover

• like a bee in clover, like a pig in clover, like pigs in clover, rolling in clover

in clover

1. In a condition of prosperity.
   • 1854, Charles Dickens, Hard Times, ch. 26:

     [S]he resigned herself with noble fortitude to lodging, as one may say, in clover, and feeding on the fat of the land.

   • 1993, James R. Gaines, "From the Managing Editor," Time, 16 Aug.:

     They tell Sasha, "There is big money here. You and the kids can get real decent money and live in clover the rest of your lives."

2. Happy and contented.
   • 1875, Anthony Trollope, The Way We Live Now, ch. 55:

     Shelter at Carbury Manor was very much more comfortable than the priest's own establishment, even with the roof on, and Father Barham was in clover.