The phrase "nice counter" is often used to indicate that someone made a good response or comeback to something.
Sentences with «nice counter»
Inside, the kitchen — even though smushed inside that cramped space — is well laid - out, with nice counter space and a good deal of storage. (nypost.com)
(Which is also a rather nice counter to the watermelon theory, which holds that environmentalism is the reincarnation of socialism — red on the inside. (climate-resistance.org)