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

City were sitting pretty at the top of the table after a flawless start, but have dropped to third - behind Arsenal and Brighton.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

To say Iran is sitting pretty would be a misreading.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

The victory over the three-time Champions League winners, who are sitting pretty atop Serie A, continued Bodo's surprise tour de force in the competition.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

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.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2025

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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