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    Idiom: Keep One's Cards Close To One's Chest

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    keeponescardsclosetochest

    Meanings

    Because playing cards kept close to one's chest are difficult to see for an opposing player.

    How to pronounce "keep one's cards close to one's chest":

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

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    keep one's cards close to one's chestget off one's chestget the dirty water off one's chestkeep a close watchput hair on someone's chestput one's cards on the tableshow one's cardsfew cards shy of a full deckgive someone their cardshand someone their cardshold the cardshouse of cardsin the cardson the cardsclose one eyeclose one's eyesclose one's eyes and think of Englandclose one's mindclose, but no cigarclose enough for government work

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    deck of cardsgift cardshouse of cardspack of cardsammunition chestcedar chestchest voiceslop cheststeam chestchest cavitychest of drawerschest painchest protectorchest registerchest tonecommunity chestfemale chesthope chestice chestmale chest
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