Consider the sentence:
This leaves Plan A sitting pretty and remains the only option that
keeps Goal A firmly on the table.In my formal document, I cannot have an idiom like “sitting pretty” since it’s very casual. However, it’s challenging to think of alternatives.
Question
Is there a more formal/professional word or phrase I could use in place of “sitting pretty” in the above sentence?
- Best I could do: “more desirable”
Answer
From Collins dictionary’s definition of be sitting pretty:
If you are sitting pretty, you are in a very favourable situation.
[informal]
If we’d let them buy it for a quarter of a million, we’d be sitting pretty by now.
Alternatives to sitting pretty (and the sentence) are then as follows:
This leaves Plan A in a good position, and [it] remains the only option that keeps Goal A firmly on the table.
This leaves Plan A in good shape, and [it] remains the only option that keeps Goal A firmly on the table.
This leaves Plan A doing well, and the only option that keeps Goal A firmly on the table.
This leaves Plan A well positioned to keep Goal A firmly on the table.
Attribution
Source : Link , Question Author : Arash Howaida , Answer Author : Jason Bassford