to keep one's cards close to one's chest
1play/hold/keep your cards close to the/your chest/vest — to keep your plans, ideas, etc., hidden from other people No one knows if he s going to run for reelection. He s still playing his cards close to his chest. • • • Main Entry: ↑card …
2keep (or play) one's cards close to one's chest (or US vest) — informal be extremely secretive about one s intentions. → chest …
3keep one's cards close to one's chest — ► keep (or play) one s cards close to one s chest informal be extremely secretive about one s intentions. Main Entry: ↑chest …
4keep one's cards close to one's chest — verb To avoid revealing ones thoughts, circumstances, or plans. Balthus has always kept his cards close to his chest. When I asked him if Summertime was a transcription of Poussins Echo and Narcissus a variant of his lost copy he did not reply …
5keep one's counsel — verb a) To keep ones own business private; to be discreet, careful, or circumspect in what one says concerning ones own thoughts, deeds, or situation. As he held his mother to him, he longed to tell her all, but he kept his counsel …
6keep one's own counsel — verb To keep ones own business private; to be discreet, careful, or circumspect in what one says concerning ones own thoughts, deeds, or situation. Who wills, may keep his own counsel be his own secrets sovereign. Syn: keep ones cards close to… …
7play one's cards close to one's chest — ► keep (or play) one s cards close to one s chest informal be extremely secretive about one s intentions. Main Entry: ↑chest …
8play one's cards close to one's chest — To conceal one s full intentions ● card * * * I play (or keep) one s cards close to one s chest (or vest) informal be secretive and cautious about one s intentions II see ch …
9play (or keep) one's cards close to one's vest — see chest. → vest …
10play one's cards close to one's vest — play (or keep) one s cards close to one s vest see chest …