In everyday speech, holding your cards close to your vest means not letting other know what you are doing or thinking.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

Psychologist Jonathan Rottenberg at the University of South Florida says they wanted to study crying as it happens in everyday life, not in a laboratory.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

But it was a finding that did not at first seem important to everyday life.

VOA: special.2009.12.08

The circus has been popular for so long that it is not surprising that words and expressions connected with it are part of everyday speech.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

"We have to improve health care in general for everyday need and everyday purposes and if it does not work on an everyday basis of course in a crisis or in a disaster it is not going to suddenly work better,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.14