fare comodo

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “to do comfortable.”

Verb

fare comodo

1. to be helpful or useful; to come in handy

   Ti farà comodo sapere il tedesco.

   It will be useful for you to speak German.

   • 2016, Stranger Things, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Jonathan Byers (Charlie Heaton):

     Eric mi ha chiesto di sostituirlo. Dei soldi in più ci fanno comodo, no?

     Eric asked if I could cover. I said "yeah," I thought we could use the extra cash.

     (literally, “Eric asked me to substitute him. Some extra money would come in handy, no?”)