| 单词 | keep one's own counsel |
| 释义 | keep one's own counselSay little or nothing about one's opinions or intentions. For example, Betty is notorious for keeping her own counsel; you never know what she really thinks. This expression employs counsel in the sense of “a secret,” a usage dating from about 1300. Words nearby keep one's own counselkeep one's hands off, keep one's head, keep one's mouth shut, keep one's nose clean, keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's own counsel, keep one's powder dry, keep one's shirt on, keep one's temper, keep one's wits about one, keep one's word The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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