be better than a kick in the pants
be better than a kick in the pants
To be only marginally preferable or beneficial. Well, their lowball offer is better than a kick in the pants—but not by much.
See also: better, kick, pant
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
be better than a kick in the pants
If you say that something is better than a kick in the pants, you mean that it is good that is has happened or that it has been given to you, but not extremely good. Employers will pay four cents less per $100. That's slightly better than a kick in the pants.
See also: better, kick, pant
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
- all the better
- all to the better
- so much the better
- be better placed
- be well, ideally, better, etc. placed for something/to do something
- ideally
- couldn't be better
- no better than
- better half, my
- (one had) better get moving