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Stevenukd Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Hold their cards so tight

- I'm just a person who knows what my boyfriend wants. I don't think that life happens by sitting back and waiting. People hold their cards so tight to their chest. Life is short Tell people you love them. What's the worst that's going to happen?

- What does "People hold their cards so tight to their chest" mean?

Thanks so much to Teachers,

Stevenukd
  

Top answer

If you are playing cards, you hold your cards close so that the other players can't see what cards you are holding. You are afraid they might cheat by trying to see what cards you are holding. So to hold one's cards tight to one's chest means to say and show very little so that other people don't know what you are thinking.

— CalifJim

  • If you are playing cards, you hold your cards close so that the other players can't see what cards you are holding.
  • You are afraid they might cheat by trying to see what cards you are holding.
  • So to hold one's cards tight to one's chest means to say and show very little so that other people don't know what you are thinking.
  • You reveal almost nothing about yourself and what your true feelings and opinions are.
  • CJ
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If you are playing cards, you hold your cards close so that the other players can't see what cards you are holding. You are afraid they might cheat by trying to see what cards you are holding.

So to hold one's cards tight to one's chest means to say and show very little so that other people don't know what you are thinking. You reveal almost nothing about yourself and what your true fe
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It means you are not letting anyone see who you are, or what you are feeling.

However, it should say "People hold their cards so tightly to their chest."

K.
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The word "tight" can be used either as an adjective or as an adverb.
I'm not convinced that "tight" is wrong here.
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