sitting pretty

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic,informal)Having acomfortableorcertainsupply ofmoneyorresources.Synonym:living oneasy street1934,Investigation of Air Mail and Ocean Mail Contracts: Hearings before a Special Committee on Investigation of Air Mail and Ocean Mail Contracts, United States Senate, Seventy-third Congress, Second Session, pursuant to S. Res. 349 (72d Congress), a Resolution Creating a Special Committee of the Senate to Investigate Air Mail and Ocean Mail Contracts, Washington, D.C.:United States Government Printing Office,→OCLC, page2804:Part of that memorandum of Mr. Hanshue's refers to directorssitting prettyin thinking they were all set for certain benefits.1973July 20, “People in the News”, inTime‎[1], archived fromthe originalon14 December 2008:Lauren Hutton, 28, wassitting pretty. The omnipresent model had just signed a two-year, $200,000 contract.2014June 11, Michelle Lee,The Unexpected Package,[Bloomington, Ind.]:Trafford Publishing,→ISBN,page90:I asked her if she realized Michael could be killed in Iraq and she had laughed and said it wouldn't matter as long as she had the baby she would besitting prettywith his death benefits.2021January 30, Tanya Sweeney, “The Irish architect who became the ‘megamansion king’ of LA”, inThe Irish Times‎[2]:Calvin Klein is reportedlysitting prettyin another of McClean's dazzling $25 million Hollywood Hills creations.2024September 16, Mehera Bonner, “Wondering What Dan Levy Is Making for Hosting the 2024 Emmys? Here's a Deep Dive on His Net Worth!”, inCosmopolitan‎[3]:Either way, the multi-hyphenate[Dan Levy]signed a[sic]8-figure deal with Netflix in 2021 (perVariety) so he'ssitting prettyeither way!; (idiomatic,informal)In afavorablesituation, especially a situation in which one possesses anadvantage.1919,Donn Byrne, “chapter XXVI”, inThe Strangers' Banquet, New York, N.Y.; London:Harper & Brothers Publishers,→OCLC,page351:"I wassitting prettyall the time, Derry." Al had laughed at the self-accusation in her eyes. "You can tell them all from me—I was sitting on the world."1922,Rex [Ellingwood] Beach, “chapter XXIV”, inFlowing Gold, New York, N.Y.:Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, by arrangement with Harper & Brothers,→OCLC,page290:That's not a threat, sir, for they have played fair with me, and I sha'n't sacrifice a penny of their money—unless they force me to do so. But—I'm in control. I'msitting pretty. They can't unseat me, and I warn them not to try.2010, Donald O'Donovan, “The Golden Age: From the NovelOrgasmo”, inThe Sugarhouse: A Novella: Plus Four Novel Excerpts from Orgasmo; Night Train; Confessions of a Bedbug Hauler; Tarantula Woman,[s.l.]: Open Books:We were bothsitting prettyback then, back in the 20th Century.

Examples:

EN: And we'll be sitting pretty.
ES: Y estaremos muy bien.
EN: Gee I tell you when you get this guy, you're gonna be sitting pretty.
ES: Te digo que cuando atrapes a este tipo vas a ir muy cómoda sentada.
EN: I was sitting pretty before I got arrested!
ES: Estaría sin recursos si no estuviese en la cárcel.
EN: You're sitting pretty.
ES: - Quédate quieto. Ahí estás muy bien.
EN: You're sitting pretty now.
ES: Ahí estás de lujo.
EN: # men, what is life without a bride # and you give her your unlimited trust # that had been my whole misfortune # now I'm sitting pretty with l'amour # but you can be sure about retour
ES: Hombres, qué es la vida sin una novia, depositáis en ella toda vuestra confianza, y esa ha sido toda mi desgracia. Ahora estoy sentada con el amor, pero puedes estar seguro de tu regreso, porque sólo confío ciegamente en una cosa,
EN: We did all right worth If you ask me we're sitting pretty
ES: Lo hiciste muy bien. Diría que estamos bien instalados.
EN: Well, once more we're sitting pretty.
ES: Bien, otra vez estamos bien colocados.
EN: Listen, kid. You're sitting pretty.
ES: Escucha, nena, estás en muy buena posición.
EN: Are we sitting pretty or are we sitting pretty?
ES: ¿Estamos en buena posición o estamos en buena posición?
ES: ¿Estamos en buena posición o estamos en buena posición?
EN: So you see, we're .. just sitting pretty.
ES: Tenemos bastante con eso.
EN: Lola my girl, we're sitting pretty.
ES: Lola mi chica, estamos en buena situación.
EN: My wife's sitting pretty.
ES: - Sí. Mi esposa ya está sentada en las gradas.
EN: You in a jam? What about me? What am I doing, sitting pretty?
ES: ¿Yo qué, no estoy en un apuro?
EN: Quiet. You're sitting pretty.
ES: No se mueva de ahí.

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