He lost his job? Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
couldn't happen to a nicer
idiomSarcastically asserts that those in question thoroughly deserve their fate.
When the rude neighbour's car got towed, everyone thought, 'Couldn't happen to a nicer person.'
The corrupt official who had embezzled millions was finally arrested, and the townspeople whispered among themselves that it couldn't happen to a nicer man.
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accident waiting to happen
A thing or situation which is almost certain to eventually lead to an accident.
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couldn't be more different
Two entities that have virtually nothing in common.
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couldn't care less
To not care at all; to have no interest or concern; to be apathetic.
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couldn't carry a note in a bucket
Not musically talented, unable to sing.
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couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery
Is unable even to organise a project that requires no planning; is incompetent; used to describe someone as greatly incompetent.
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couldn't stop a pig in a passage
To be bow-legged.
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happen along
To arrive by chance; to occur by happenstance.
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make happen
To realize, to cause or bring about a thing.