sit tight/limboland/the waiting place are all places where you wait for someone else to get you out of the hole.
Cheers
I like the reference to Dr. Seuss. Was given the book as a graduation present many years back.
Quote:
When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity. - Albert Einstein
How do you determine if the stove is too hot in this situation?