keep one's cards close to one's chest

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Tanımlar (İngilizce)

  1. fiil To avoid revealing one's thoughts, circumstances, or plans.

    “Balthus has always kept his cards close to his chest. When I asked him if Summertime was a transcription of Poussin's Echo and Narcissus—a variant of his lost copy—he did not reply.”

  2. fiil To hold one's hand close to one's chest so that other players cannot see the cards.

Eş anlamlılar

chest one's cards hold one's cards close to one's chest play one's cards close to one's chest keep one's cards close to one's vest hold one's cards close to one's vest play one's cards close to one's vest keep one's counsel

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