Idiom Breakdown

made in the shade

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Definition

In a condition characterized by comfort, success, easy living, or general well-being.

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Possibly from a children's rhyme: "ice-cold lemonade, made in the shade, stirred with a spade, by an old maid."

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"Republicans should not "believe these stories that we're taking it easy—that we've got it made in the shade.""
""You got it made now, Parson," Feeney informed him. "You know that? Made in the shade. . . . You lucky bastard,""
"Courtnall has it made in the shade now, big money, owns restaurants and a spiffy log cabin on a cliff over the crashing ocean."

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