sit tight
Meaning: To wait quietly and patiently, often in an anxious situation.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Daily Life
Origin: The expression sit tight is often used in situations of danger or panic or in situations where a calm, cool head is needed. It always uses the adjective "tight" rather than the grammatically correct "tightly".
More idioms — Daily Life
- sitting pretty — In a good or advantageous situation; living comfortably.
- let someone or something slip through someone's fingers — To lose something because one takes too much time to consider the situation.
- slow burn — To be quietly angry.
- slow off the mark — Slow [or quick] to understand a situation.
- sour grapes — A situation where a person criticizes something or someone out of jealousy.
- speak one's mind — To tell someone how one feels or what one thinks.
More English idioms
- sleep like a log — To sleep so soundly that noise doesn't wake the person.
- snowball's chance in hell — No chance at all.
- sow one's wild oats — To do foolish or wild things, usually as a youth.
- speak of the devil — An expression used when someone who is being talked about has just appeared.
- speak one's piece — To tell someone how one feels or what one thinks.
- spitting image — An exact likeness.
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