sitting pretty

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

Idioms and Phrases

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).

Example Sentences

Regis le Bris' side, the pre-season relegation favourites, have surpassed all expectations on their return to the Premier League and are sitting pretty in the European places for now.

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If you have an income of $200,000 and, for the sake of simplicity, let’s say you have $1 million in your tech-heavy mutual fund, and your home is paid off, you are sitting pretty.

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That means investors should be sitting pretty, too.

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At the halfway mark, India were sitting pretty having piled up their highest ever World Cup total of 330 all out.

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

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