couldn't happen to a nicer (person)



couldn't happen to a nicer (person)

Of an outcome, completely deserved by the person or people in question. Sometimes used sarcastically when referring to a negative event happening to an unpleasant person. Dawn and her partner are expecting their first child this summer. They're so excited, and it couldn't happen to a nicer couple. I hear that jerk Tony is heading into bankruptcy—couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
See also: happen

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Fedelm-Irish Mythology
Penn[pen]
&Thorn;ÓRgÍSl-Ancient Scandinavian
Narcissanar-SIS-ə (English)Late Roman
Ambrus-Hungarian
Kegan-English (Modern)