Is fairly optimistic in the cooking of these potherbs (5,3,3,4)
I believe the answer is:
hopes for the best
'is fairly optimistic in' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'cooking of these potherbs' is the wordplay.
'cooking' indicates an anagram (cook can mean to falsify or distort).
'of'+'these'+'potherbs'='ofthesepotherbs'
'ofthesepotherbs' anagrammed gives 'HOPES FOR THE BEST'.
'the' is the link.
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