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keep somebody's counsel

出典:『Wiktionary』 (2009/12/27 19:26 UTC 版)

動詞

to keep one's counsel

1. To keep one's own business private; to be discreet, careful, or circumspect in what one says concerning one's own thoughts, deeds, or situation.
   • 1850, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis, ch. 6:
     As he held his mother to him, he longed to tell her all, but he kept his counsel.
   • 1982, "Personal Power, Personal Hate," Time, 26 Jul.:
     Khomeini's approach to decision making is to keep his counsel at first, allowing the advocates of different options to debate issues openly.
2. To keep a secret for someone else; to be discreet, careful, or circumspect in what one says concerning someone else's thoughts, deeds, or situation.
   • 1822, Sir Walter Scott, The Fortunes of Nigel, ch. 8:
     I am sorry this is a matter I cannot aid you in—it goes against my conscience, and it is an affair above my condition, and beyond my management;—but I will keep your counsel.
   • 1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, ch. 49:
     Standish will keep our counsel, and the news will be old before it's known.

同意語

• (to keep one's own business private): keep one's cards close to one's chest, keep one's mouth shut, keep one's own counsel
• (to keep a secret for someone else): keep one's mouth shut

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