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Phrase(s): in high cotton [and] in tall cotton
Rur. to be doing very well; successful. • Jim’s in high cotton ever since he got that raise. • Tom: How’s your sister? Mary: She’s in high cotton. Just bought a nice new house. • We were in tall cotton until the IRS caught up with us.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs