come in handy

Idioms  

1. Be useful or convenient, as in This check will really come in handy. [Mid-1800s] Also see come in, def. 4.

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Example Sentences

Such status could come in handy if consumers tighten their budgets on the back of broader inflation and higher interest rates.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

She said the organisation had also come in handy for providing pants, trainers and shoes, as well as helping her to get the specific fleeces her special needs daughter required.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Those weapons would have come in handy now to affordably take down cheap drones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

The German coach said his side were taught a lesson which could come in handy later in the campaign.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

What a big yard for her garden and that long storage shed in back sure would come in handy.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez