"made in the shade" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "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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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1966 November 1, Paul Beck, “Reagan Says He Would Choose ‘Best Talent’ to Help Run State”, in Los Angeles Times, page 1",
          "text": "Republicans should not \"believe these stories that we're taking it easy—that we've got it made in the shade.\"",
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        {
          "ref": "1978, Russell Banks, The New World, pages 76–77",
          "text": "\"You got it made now, Parson,\" Feeney informed him. \"You know that? Made in the shade. . . . You lucky bastard,\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Mark Anthony Jarmon, \"Righteous Speedboat,\" in Our Game: An All-Star Collection of Hockey Fiction by Doug Beardsley, p. 242",
          "text": "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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        "In a condition characterized by comfort, success, easy living, or general well-being."
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          "success",
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          "easy",
          "easy"
        ],
        [
          "living",
          "living"
        ],
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          "well-being",
          "well-being"
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        "(idiomatic) In a condition characterized by comfort, success, easy living, or general well-being."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "have it made"
        },
        {
          "word": "place in the sun"
        }
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        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable"
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  "etymology_text": "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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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "have it made"
    },
    {
      "word": "place in the sun"
    }
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        {
          "ref": "1966 November 1, Paul Beck, “Reagan Says He Would Choose ‘Best Talent’ to Help Run State”, in Los Angeles Times, page 1",
          "text": "Republicans should not \"believe these stories that we're taking it easy—that we've got it made in the shade.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1978, Russell Banks, The New World, pages 76–77",
          "text": "\"You got it made now, Parson,\" Feeney informed him. \"You know that? Made in the shade. . . . You lucky bastard,\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Mark Anthony Jarmon, \"Righteous Speedboat,\" in Our Game: An All-Star Collection of Hockey Fiction by Doug Beardsley, p. 242",
          "text": "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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        "In a condition characterized by comfort, success, easy living, or general well-being."
      ],
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          "success",
          "success"
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          "easy",
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          "living",
          "living"
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          "well-being",
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        "(idiomatic) In a condition characterized by comfort, success, easy living, or general well-being."
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