sit pretty

sit pretty
разг.
неплохо устроиться, быть в выгодном, выигрышном положении [первонач. амер.]

‘I called to Henry Maturin to sell everything and buy gold...’ ‘So when the crash came you were sitting pretty?’ (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Razor's Edge’, ch. III) — - Я послал телеграмму Генри Матурину с просьбой продать все мои американские ценные бумаги и купить золото... - Значит, когда произошел крах, вы не очень пострадали?

...southern California is "sitting pretty". One reason why people like to live down here is that the sun shines nearly every day and it hardly ever rains. (J. B. Priestley, ‘Midnight on the Desert’, ch. 7) — ...южная Калифорния расположена очень удачно. Там каждый день солнце, дождей почти нет; климат Калифорнии - одна из причин, почему людям нравится там жить.

I know you've got enough tucked away to keep you sittin' pretty for the rest of your life. (D. Cusack and F. James, ‘Come in Spinner’, ‘Monday V’) — У тебя столько припрятано, что на всю жизнь хватит.

I've had the rug jerked out from under me just when I thought I was sitting pretty. (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the One-Eyed Witness’, ch. 12) — У меня выбили почву из-под ног, как раз когда я считала свое положение вполне прочным.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • sit pretty — Someone who s sitting pretty is in a very advantageous situation …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • sit pretty — phrasal : to be in a highly favorable situation sitting pretty with a full house against a flush and a straight Americans … had a virtual monopoly of piston engined air transports, and they were sitting pretty Charles Gardner * * * sit pretty see …   Useful english dictionary

  • sit pretty —    Someone who s sitting pretty is in a very advantageous situation.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • sit pretty — idi to be in a comfortable situation: He s been sitting pretty ever since he got that new job[/ex] …   From formal English to slang

  • sit pretty — be in a great situation, sit comfortably …   English contemporary dictionary

  • sit pretty — phrasal to be in a highly favorable situation …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sit pretty —  Be comfortably or advantageously placed …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • sit — sit1 /sit/, v., sat or (Archaic) sate; sat or (Archaic) sitten; sitting. v.i. 1. to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated. 2. to be located or situated: The house sits well up on the slope …   Universalium

  • pretty — pret|ty1 W3S2 [ˈprıti] adv [+ adjective/adverb] spoken 1.) fairly or more than a little ▪ I m pretty sure he ll say yes. ▪ She still looks pretty miserable. see usage note ↑rather 2.) very ▪ Dinner at Luigi s sounds pretty good to me …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sit — [[t]sɪt[/t]] v. sat, sat, sit•ting 1) to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated (often fol. by down) 2) to be located or situated: The house sits on a cliff[/ex] 3) to rest or lie (usu. fol. by on or upon): An aura of… …   From formal English to slang

  • pretty —  Fairly. Rather. See sit pretty …   A concise dictionary of English slang


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