英语词汇“to be in high cotton”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P8. colloquial (chiefly U.S.) to be in high cotton (also clover) and variants: to live well; to prosper, be well off; to be in a comfortable or advantageous position; cf. to live (or be) in clover at clover n. 3.

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1840 Sun (Baltimore) 2 June 1/4 Whenever she married she would immediately reap the benefit of it in sugar and old rum. Three weeks I spent in high clover.

1848 N.Y. Herald 4 Mar. 1/4 There were letters received from him in town a day or two since, from Candella, stating that he was doing well and in high clover.

1915 Amer. Artisan & Hardware Rec. 20 Mar. 15/2 That was the time when the industrial promoter was in high clover.

1933 Port Arthur (Texas) News 12 Dec. 8/1 Sabine district grid fans are lollin' in high cotton this week—with two championship football contests on the calendar.

1975 J. Nazel Shakedown i. 26 After tomorrow night, we'll both be able to take it easy. We'll be walking in high cotton.

1998 Washington Times (Electronic ed.) 23 July Courier was livin' in high clover in the early '90s.

2005 T. L. Rioux From Sawdust to Stardust vii. 116 If the westerns kept doing well or if he could get a television series of his own, then the Kelleys would be in high cotton.

单词	to be in high cotton
释义	> as lemmas to be in high cotton (also clover) P8. colloquial (chiefly U.S.) to be in high cotton (also clover) and variants: to live well; to prosper, be well off; to be in a comfortable or advantageous position; cf. to live (or be) in clover at clover n. 3. ΚΠ 1840 Sun (Baltimore) 2 June 1/4 Whenever she married she would immediately reap the benefit of it in sugar and old rum. Three weeks I spent in high clover. 1848 N.Y. Herald 4 Mar. 1/4 There were letters received from him in town a day or two since, from Candella, stating that he was doing well and in high clover. 1915 Amer. Artisan & Hardware Rec. 20 Mar. 15/2 That was the time when the industrial promoter was in high clover. 1933 Port Arthur (Texas) News 12 Dec. 8/1 Sabine district grid fans are lollin' in high cotton this week—with two championship football contests on the calendar. 1975 J. Nazel Shakedown i. 26 After tomorrow night, we'll both be able to take it easy. We'll be walking in high cotton. 1998 Washington Times (Electronic ed.) 23 July Courier was livin' in high clover in the early '90s. 2005 T. L. Rioux From Sawdust to Stardust vii. 116 If the westerns kept doing well or if he could get a television series of his own, then the Kelleys would be in high cotton. extracted from highadj.n.² < as lemmas
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