sitting pretty

[sitting pretty] {adj.}, {slang} To be in a lucky position.

* /The new library is sitting pretty because a wealthy woman gave it $10,000 worth of reference books./

* /Mr. Jones was sitting pretty until his $25,000-a-year job was dropped by the company./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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