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

Experts say a good rule to remember is not to post anything you would not want your mother to see.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

In a poker game you do not want to let your opponents know if your cards are good or bad.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

You know,the circulation, and the smell of your own panic, you know, when you're not sure what to do."

VOA: special.2010.07.26

The expression meant that the person who cannot hold a candle to you is not fit even to be your servant.

VOA: special.2011.05.29

Although the initial assault may not have been made in your own country, the hour of your liberation is approaching."

VOA: special.2011.06.09

Sometimes your professors make you busy." Foreign students not only give schools more applicants to choose from, they also provide money.

VOA: special.2010.05.27

You do not have to dress to the nines, or wear your best clothes, for this kind of work.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

If you are going out with your girlfriend,or boyfriend, you do not want another friend to go along on your date.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

Will you not vote for the killer if you already feel the cold steel of his gun against your head?"

VOA: special.2009.10.02

If your friend does not seem to understand how painful your broken heart is, you may ask her to have a heart.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

It is always helpful to tell people how you feel so that your emotions do not trouble you.

VOA: special.2010.01.24

It is whispered into your ear with the understanding that you will not pass it on to others.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

After all,it is not every day you can look out of your bedroom window and see a monkey or elephant standing outside.

VOA: special.2009.08.19