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

To say Iran is sitting pretty would be a misreading.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

A year ago they were sitting pretty at the top, 13 points clear.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 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

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2025

"And who's finished up the better off? Me, of course. I'm sitting pretty in a nice house with a successful businessman and you're left slaving away teaching a lot of nasty little children the ABC."

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl