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

You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

Mike Lizotte of American Meadows, an online store, says before you start, you need know whether to plant tender bulbs or hardy bulbs.

VOA: special.2011.04.12

And one day you want to go to the cemetery or something, you can't do it because you don't know where they are.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

If you ever looked at pictures or video on the Web, you already know Adobe Flash Player.

VOA: special.2010.06.22

It's a memory from childhood or it's eating something that you know you weren't supposed to, but you did it anyway and really enjoyed it.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

But you never know if a hungry crocodile or other creature is nearby.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

"To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West - know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

It's like Santa Claus was sitting behind that counter. They just -- I don't care if it's a ninety year old man or a two year old child or a thirty year old, you know,woman or man.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

"I've always been a devotee of slapstick, and it sort of emphasizes sometimes jokes and you know I think everybody really deep inside would sometime or another would like to throw a pie or get hit with a pie."

VOA: special.2010.10.17

What does he think of Valentine's Day? "I think it's actually a good opportunity to remember those things that we want to do on Valentine's Day you know,special things for the spouse or whoever you probably ought to do them year-round.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

"I can do things that are good for me,you know, not just try to exist hand-to-mouth or in survival mode,you know?

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

"You know,I never came into these Olympic Games trying to break records or trying to tie any medal count.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

Sit down if you want to. I didn't know who I might meet or what they might ask.

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