hold your cards close to your chest

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to keep your ideas, plans, etc. secret

   Ernie, this is not the fucking time to keep your cards close to your chest.

In the movies · 1

• Ernie, this is not the fucking time to keep your cards close to your chest.The Gentlemen2020

Learn it in full scenes

• The Gentlemen2020
  • Fletcher Pitches His Story to Ray
  • Mickey and Matthew's Dinner Standoff
  • Mickey Pitches His Weed Empire

From the same entry

• best card
• get your cards
• give their cards
• have a card up your sleeve
• hold all the cards
• lay your cards on the table
• on the cards
• play the… card
• play your cards right
• tip your hand
• the cards are stacked against you
• the cards are stacked in your favour