10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KEEP SOMETHING UNDER ONE'S HAT»
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... true): If it wasn't your little brother that broke my window, I'll eat my hat! keep (
something) under one's hat (inf) to keep (something) secret: Keep it under your
hat, but I'm getting married next week. knock (someone or something) into a
cocked ...
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
keep something under one's hat colloa to keep it secret. • my hat! an exclamation
expressing surprise or disbelief. • old hat colloa so well known, familiar, etc as to
be tedious and uninteresting. • pass or send the hat round to collect money for a ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... true): If it wasn't your little brother that broke my window, I'll eat my hat! keep (
something) under one's hat (in/) to keep (something) secret: Keep it under your
hat, but I'm getting married next week. knock (someone or something) into a
cocked ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
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Chambers concise dictionary
at the drop of a hat see under DROP, hats off to (give) all honour, admiration, etc
to. keep something under one's hat colloq to keep it secret, my hat! an
exclamation expressing surprise or disbelief, old hat see separate entry, pass or
send the ...
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Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
... third car I've sold today. keep (something) under one's hat ( inf) to keep (
something) secret: Keep it under your hat but I'm getting married next week. mad
as a hatter see mad. pass/send round the hat to ask for or collect money on
someone's ...
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
... hurry Make haste or we shall be spotted by them. more haste, less speed (
saying) one makes more real progress if one does things less hurriedly HA'I1
keep something under one's hat keep something secret I 'm telling you a top
secret, but ...
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
noun Brit. informal titfer. 1 keep something under one's hat informal at the
moment it's all a bit hush-hush, so keep it under your hat: conceal, hide, cover up,
disguise, dissemble, mask, veil; keep secret, keep quiet about, keep dark, hush
up, ...
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
To keep something under one's hat (MP 291) 1924 Keep it under your hat. (p.
300) Ferguson, William B. M. The Black Company. New York: Chelsea House,
1924. 1928 Song title: "Keep It under Your Hat" Valentini, Vincent. 1931 "I'll keep
the ...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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Diccionari UB: anglès-català
-$to hang one's hat up jubilar-se -»to keep something under one's hat col-loq no
dir ni piu, guardar silenci -» to pass the hat (around) recollir diners raise one's hat
(com a salutacio) treu- re's el barret -$to score/get a hat trick marcar tres gols en ...
keep something under one's hat З:? ( to hide something or to keep a secret ) •fr M
r. Chen always keeps everything under his hat. 1**,4*КГ**»&МФ ° •fr There is no
need for you to keep this under your hat. will not know what is going on in our ...