Learn 13 English IDIOMS with SIT pretty; Sit on your hands;Sit in for. Improve your Advanced English

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0:20 - Sit on one’s hands
– The boss knew the company had problems, but he just sat on his hands hoping the problem would disappear
0:50 - Sit pretty
– With record sales and better efficiency the company are sitting pretty
1:12 - Sit tight
– OK John the rescue team have located you from the helicopter, now just sit tight and wait for our team to arrive.
– The company share price has gone down but I’m going to sit tight on my shares, I’m sure that next week they will rise again
2:04 - Sit back
– Emili finished making the exquisite meal then sat back while his brothers washed the pots and pans
– They are going to post another video on YouTube, then they’ll sit back and enjoy seeing the number of views increase every hour.
2:34 - Sit by/sit idly by
– The neighbours sat by and ignored the fact that the old lady was getting thinner and thinner … finally she was taken away by ambulance
2:56 - Sit for
– He sat for the Cambridge Advanced exam and got an excellent mark
2:08 - Sit-down
1 The office workers held a sit-down strike until the company agreed to install proper ventilation
2 – This year the company organised a stand up buffet dinner, last year it was a sit-down dinner which was too formal
3:37 - Sit in
– As the president is in Brussels, the vice-president is sitting in for him in today’s meeting
– I have to sit in for/stand in for Mr Smith in his Geography classes this afternoon; his mother has gone into hospital
4:02 - Sit in on
– Residents can sit in on the town Council meetings as observers
4:10 - Sit on
– We want to expand our factory but the local planning committee have been sitting on our plans for 4 months
4:26 - Sit out
1 – My feet are very painful, so I’m sitting out these last dances
2 – The meeting was very boring but I sat it out to the end
4:52 - Sit through
– There’s nothing worse than sitting through a planning committee meeting
5:05 - Sit-up (n)
– John does 50 sit-ups every morning

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