peaceful

nice and (something)

Very something. Used to emphasize how nice something is because of the particular quality named after "and." I love your new house! It's nice and bright inside! Ah, this lemonade is nice and cold—just the thing for such a hot day.
See also: and, nice
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

ˌnice and ˈpeaceful, ˈcomfortable, ˈwarm, etc.

pleasantly peaceful, etc: Sit by the fire. It’s nice and warm there. Drink your coffee while it’s nice and hot.
See also: and, nice
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • nice and (something)
  • nice and peaceful, comfortable, warm, etc.
  • nice and some quality
  • (it's) nice to see you, too
  • (it's) nice to be here
  • (it's) nice to have you (here)
  • it was nice to see you
  • (it's) nice to see you
  • nice to see you
  • nice place (you have here)
References in periodicals archive
TEHRAN (FNA)- Bahraini security forces attacked peaceful anti-regime protests, leaving scores of the demonstrators injured.
Human rights organizations said the Ala-Too square and the Government House are not on the list of sites, where conduct of peaceful assemblies and rallies is prohibited.
The EU does not speak about peaceful demonstrations anymore .
"We will continue our peaceful resistance to the bloody military coup against constitutional legitimacy," the Brotherhood said.
BEIRUT: Tunisia's top diplomat called for a peaceful solution in Syria after meetings with Lebanese officials Thursday.
The (http://www.visionofhumanity.org/pdf/gpi/2013_GPI_Map_with_Rankings_and_Scores.pdf) GPI index , released on Tuesday, shows that in comparison with 2008, world peace levels have dropped 5%, with a steep rise in the number of homicides around the world and an alarming 110 countries becoming less peaceful than before.
For his part, DemirtaE- expressed thanks and gratitude to the efforts exerted by the Government of Kurdistan Region in encouraging Turkey to adopt peaceful solution to the Kurdish issue.
BAGHDAD, (SANA) Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki affirmed that his country supports the will of the Syrian people and the international community's conclusions on the need to find peaceful solutions and a way, and that it opposes foreign interference and violence.
Call for peaceful solution to Iranian nuclear dossier, Maliki BAGHDAD/ Aswat al-Iraq: Premier Nouri al-Maliki called today to find a peaceful solution to Iranian nuclear dossier, stressing not to exclude any country from having nuclear weapons.
Mahmoud Reza Amini, a senior international strategist said that Iran's approach to defend its right to peaceful nuclear energy has now been shared with many other countries who will not stand discriminations against their right to peaceful nuclear development.
The main complaint of the applicants was that their right to peaceful assembly and association had been violated.
Saudi columnist Abdul-Rahman al-Rashed said that the killing of the son of one of the symbols of the Syrian regime has signaled that the six-month-old peaceful demonstrations in Syria are now headed toward an armed revolution.
Kelly is a founding member of September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, an organization for people who lost family members in the terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001."At a time when our nation needed models for how to deal with our grief and anger, Colleen and the members of September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows showed us how to do so--seeking our own healing by committing ourselves to the work of making a more peaceful and just world for all," said Ronaldo Cruz, acting executive director of Pax Christi USA.
According to the 2011 Global Peace Index (GPI) issued on May 26 at the UN, Kuwait and Qatar are the most peaceful countries among Arab and Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) states.
Summary: Cairo, Jumada Al-Awwal 07, 1432 / April 11, 2011, SPA -- The Cairo-based Arab League today announced support for the initiative earlier launched by the Riyadh-based Gulf Cooperation Council seeking a peaceful solution to the Yemeni political crisis.