sitting pretty

  • 11sitting pretty — in a good position, in favorable circumstances    Rich in oil and timber resources, Alberta was sitting pretty …

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  • 12sitting pretty — be in a favorable situation He is sitting pretty with his new job and lots of money …

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  • 13sitting pretty — in a very good position With two platinum records, the group is sitting pretty right now …

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  • 14sitting pretty — sitting strongly, very well founded in terms of one s position …

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  • 15Sitting Pretty (1933 film) — Infobox Film name = Sitting Pretty image size = caption = director = Harry Joe Brown producer = Charles R. Rogers writer = Lou Breslow Jack McGowan S.J. Perelman Nina Wilcox Putnam (story) Harry Stoddard (story, uncredited) narrator = starring =… …

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  • 16Sitting Pretty (1948 film) — Infobox Film name = Sitting Pretty imdb id = 0040795 director = Walter Lang producer = Samuel G. Engel writer = Gwen Davenport (novel) F. Hugh Herbert starring = Robert Young Maureen O Hara Clifton Webb distributor = Twentieth Century Fox… …

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  • 17be sitting pretty — informal phrase to be in a good situation, especially when other people are not He is sitting pretty with a 10% lead in the opinion polls over his nearest rival. Thesaurus: in a good, better or pleasant situationsynonym Main entry: pretty * * * …

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  • 18(be) sitting pretty — be ˌsitting ˈpretty idiom (informal) to be in a good situation, especially when others are not • With profits at record levels, the company s certainly sitting pretty this year. Main entry: ↑sitidiom …

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  • 19be sitting pretty — ► be sitting pretty informal be in an advantageous position. Main Entry: ↑pretty …

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  • 20be sitting pretty — to be in a good situation, usually because you have a lot of money. They bought their house when prices were much lower so they re sitting pretty …

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