Keep your own counsel. Donʹt talk about what you intend to do. Keep your plans to yourself.
“Now, mind what I tell you, and keep your own counsel.”—Boldrewood: Robbery Under Arms, chap. vi.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.