Brewer's: Counsel

Keep your own counsel. Don't 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.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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