nice work

nice work

informal An expression of praise for having done something well. (It can also be used sarcastically to mean the opposite.) A: "Dad, I got an A+ on my midterm exam!" B: "Nice work, sweetie!" Nice work, Frank, now we're going to have to rebuild this entire model from scratch.
See also: nice, work
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

nice ˈwork!

(spoken, especially British English) used to show you are pleased when somebody has done something well: You did a good job today. Nice work, James!
See also: nice
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • nice work!
  • nice one
  • nice one!
  • nice going
  • Nice going!
  • nice job
  • nice and (something)
  • nice and peaceful, comfortable, warm, etc.
  • nice and some quality
  • peaceful
References in classic literature
On the other hand, a man should be at his very best and keenest for such nice work as that, and I did not wish to do it when fagged by a long journey.
It's usually easy to be cynical about famous people sent to spectacular parts of the world for the telly - nice work if you can get it - but when they are as charming and switched on as Lumley, it's more difficult.
Box office at nearly every Broadway show--including, notably, "Nice Work If You Can Get It"--rose in Week 28 (Dec.
One of the hardest hit was the musical Nice Work If You Can Get It, which lost PS337,000.
American Airlines (OTCQB: AAMRQ) and Citi 9NYSE: C) said they will join forces to bring travelers a special performances from the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, "Nice Work If You Can Get It" at Terminal 8 at John F.
Playing a lead role on Broadway is nice work, if you can get it.
He has done some nice work on the watered gallop but will improve and has a penalty.
Here is another nice work for intermediate players.
Nice work from a so-called egalitarian party, don't you think?
THIS week's Nice Work If You Can Get It award goes to Kelly Brook, who was fired from Britain's Got Talent after six days, but still walked off with her full pounds 200,000 salary.
60 TO BED Rick Stein's Mediterranean Escapes (BBC2, 7pm) HE'S in Corsica (nice work, Rick) cooking up sheep's cheese and admiring local chesnuts.
"This is very nice work," says Peidong Yang of the University of California, Berkeley.
To be Ann Miller is, as the saying goes, nice work if you can get it.
Of the rest of the adequate cast, bass Sebastiano Gigognetti (the Sacristan) was the strongest Small-voiced character tenor Enrico Stinchelli (Spoletta) also directed this production, with Gergely Szokolay doing nice work with the OM chorus.