Mr. Jones knew who had won the contest, but he kept it under his hat until it was announced publicly.
Keep it under your hat.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
under one's hat — See: KEEP UNDER ONE S HAT … Dictionary of American idioms
under one's hat — See: KEEP UNDER ONE S HAT … Dictionary of American idioms
under one's hat — phrasal not disclosed ; secret < kept the news under his hat > … New Collegiate Dictionary
under one's hat — adjective Concealed; confidential; secret. Orestes Jones kept his real ambitions under his hat until the time struck … Wiktionary
keep under one's hat — {v. phr.}, {informal} To keep secret; not tell. * /Mr. Jones knew who had won the contest, but he kept it under his hat until it was announced publicly./ Often used as a command. * /Keep it under your hat./ Syn.: KEEP TO ONESELF … Dictionary of American idioms
keep under one's hat — {v. phr.}, {informal} To keep secret; not tell. * /Mr. Jones knew who had won the contest, but he kept it under his hat until it was announced publicly./ Often used as a command. * /Keep it under your hat./ Syn.: KEEP TO ONESELF … Dictionary of American idioms
To have a brick in one's hat — Brick Brick (br[i^]k), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger. origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[=a]fes brice, fr. the root of E. break. See {Break}.] 1. A block or clay tempered with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hat — hatless, adj. hatlessness, n. hatlike, adj. /hat/, n., v., hatted, hatting. n. 1. a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, esp. for wear outdoors. 2. Rom. Cath. Ch. a. the distinctive head covering of a cardinal. b. the… … Universalium
hat — See: AT THE DROP OF A HAT, BRASS HAT, HANG ON TO YOUR HAT or HOLD ON TO YOUR HAT or HOLD YOUR HAT, HIGH HAT, KEEP UNDER ONE S HAT, OLD HAT, PULL OUT OF A HAT, TAKE OFF ONE S HAT TO, TALK THROUGH ONE S HAT, TEN GALLON HAT, THROW ONE S HAT IN THE… … Dictionary of American idioms
hat — See: AT THE DROP OF A HAT, BRASS HAT, HANG ON TO YOUR HAT or HOLD ON TO YOUR HAT or HOLD YOUR HAT, HIGH HAT, KEEP UNDER ONE S HAT, OLD HAT, PULL OUT OF A HAT, TAKE OFF ONE S HAT TO, TALK THROUGH ONE S HAT, TEN GALLON HAT, THROW ONE S HAT IN THE… … Dictionary of American idioms
Hat puzzle — The hat puzzle is a classic logic problem, attributed to Todd Ebert, in his 1998 Ph.D. thesis at the University of California, Santa Barbara. It is a strategy question about a cooperative game, which has been shown to have connections to… … Wikipedia
