sitting pretty

Cultural  

1. In a favorable position: “Abby finally got that promotion, and now she's sitting pretty.”

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sitting pretty Idioms  

1. In an advantageous position; also, financially well off. For example, The terms of the will left Mary sitting pretty. Although the use of pretty in the sense of “advantageous” is much older, this colloquialism dates only from the early 1900s. It was given extra currency as the title of two different musicals, Sittin' Pretty (M. Moore, 1921) and Sitting Pretty (G. Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse, 1924).

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sitting pretty

The extra money is nice, though many of these stars are already sitting pretty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

If you retire, that raises another issue: You’re sitting pretty in retirement while your husband works.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will be sitting pretty in any case.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2025

Meanwhile, his soon-to-be Ferrari team-mate, Charles Leclerc, is sitting pretty at the top of the board with a 1:16.990 from his current Mercedes buddy George Russell.

From BBC ● May 16, 2024

I was sitting pretty as each name was called, knowing mine would not be among them.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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