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someone sitting

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  • 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./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • 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./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • sitting tenant — noun The tenant currently occupying a property • • • Main Entry: ↑sit * * * sitting tenant UK US noun [countable] [singular sitting tenant plural sitting tenants …   Useful english dictionary

  • sitting tenant — ➔ tenant * * * sitting tenant UK US noun [C] LAW, PROPERTY ► someone with the legal right to remain in a property that they are renting and who cannot be forced to leave by its owner: »It is possible to sell a property with a sitting tenant… …   Financial and business terms

  • sitting duck — sitting ducks N COUNT If you say that someone is a sitting duck, you mean that they are easy to attack, cheat, or take advantage of. [INFORMAL] Nancy knew she d be a sitting duck when she raised the trap door. Syn: sitting target …   English dictionary

  • sitting duck — also .sitting target n someone who is easy to attack or easy to cheat ▪ Out in the open, the soldiers were sitting ducks for enemy fire …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sitting member — n BrE someone who is a member of a parliament at the present time ▪ the sitting member for Newbury …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sitting duck — noun count someone who is in a position in which it is easy for people to trick or attack them: The elderly are often sitting ducks for shady financial deals …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sitting pretty —    Someone who is sitting pretty is in a good or fortunate situation, especially compared to others who are not so lucky.     He sold his shares at a good time so he s now sitting pretty and enjoying life …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • sitting duck — A sitting duck is something or someone that is easy to criticise or target …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • sitting tenant — n BrE someone who lives in a rented house or ↑flat, especially when this gives them legal rights to stay there …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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