cop it sweet

cop it sweet

slang To experience unexpected good fortune. Primarily heard in Australia. I didn't study for the test but copped it sweet when a power outage closed school for the day.
See also: cop, sweet
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

cop it sweet

mainly AUSTRALIAN, INFORMAL
If you cop it sweet, you accept harsh treatment or a punishment without fighting back or complaining. Bullies tend to lose interest in a victim very quickly if that victim refuses to cop it sweet.
See also: cop, sweet
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
See also:
  • all (one's) Christmases have come at once
  • luck into
  • luck into (something)
  • copped
  • (one) (has) never had it so good
  • lucky at cards, unlucky in love
  • every flow has its ebb
  • cut off with(out) a shilling/cent
  • cut off with a cent
  • cut off with a shilling
References in periodicals archive
We didn't play well and we've just got to cop it sweet. There's no point in crying into your beer about it," he added.
Black Caps have got to cop it for Bangladesh horror: McCullum