Sit relaxed and sit easy

[alvira]

Hello everybody

Do you find the given sentences correct?

Sit relaxed, please.
Sit easy, please.
Sleep easy.

Alvira

[Yankee]

Hi Alvira

I'm curious where you got these three sentences. Did you write them yourself or did you see or hear them somewhere?

Anyway, I would tend to accept the first and the third sentences, but not the second one.

How I understand your sentences:
"Sit relaxed, please." is a command to sit in a relaxed way rather than in a stiff or formal way. (The sentence is awkward, though.)

"Sit easy, please." --> I can't imagine a situation where I might say this.
The idiom "be sitting easy" would mean "be in an advantageous position or have few or no problems".
For example: "After he won a million dollars in the lottery, he was sitting easy." (i.e., he had no money problems/ he was in an advantageous position because he could afford to buy a lot of things)

"Sleep easy." I might possibly say this to someone, and the meaning would be "Don't worry."

Amy
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[ALVIRA]

My Dear Amy

I just wanted to know how we could ask someone to do these actions of standing, sitting or sleeping without being formal or stiff

Waiting for reply
Alvira

[Yankee]

Hi Alvira

To invite someone to sit in a relaxed way, you could say:
"Have a seat and make yourself comfortable."

The sentences "Make yourself comfortable" and "Make yourself at home" encourage a guest to be more informal and relaxed.

To wish someone a good night's sleep, you might say (for example):
"Sweet dreams."

Hope that helps.

Amy
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[Spencer]

Hi Amy,
what about sit tight?
Is that like: Be prepared?
Thanks
Spencer

[Yankee]

Hi Spencer

Good idiom. :D

"Sit tight" basically means "wait and don't do/change anything". In other words, you wait before doing or changing something until you see what the other person does or whether the situation changes in such a way that you have to do something further.

Amy
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[Spencer]

Thanks Amy,
So it's like be prepared, but don't touch a thing yet.
Yours was better though.
Spencer