Kollokation
The desk man said sit tight and wait by the phone.
"About all we can do is to sit tight and wait for whatever may come."
You're in no shape for trouble, so whatever happens you sit tight and do nothing.
Does it mean you sit tight and hope they won't blow us all up?
I sat tight and took a good look at him.
"Now we need to sit tight and wait for things to develop."
We can just sit tight and keep things the way they are.
We said to just sit tight and we'd come get you.
"You can't expect me to sit tight and wait to see what he's going to do next."
But if anyone knows of anything better to do than to sit tight and wait, let him speak up.
I sat with my hands tight on the steering wheel.
For the time being, I think we should sit tight, on our home ground.
Hence, the longer the agent sat tight, the better chance he had.
Now, as they sit tight, many are trying to find opportunities in the troubled markets.
Now both of you, sit tight here and not another word!
"If she sits tight, we will all go back to the table to negotiate."
My advice to you is, sit tight, and keep your mouth shut.
They're sitting tight, doing what they have to do but really marking time.
All that anybody had to do was to sit tight a little longer and hold on.
So, sit tight, and in a year or two, things will be better because of it.
Idiome