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keep your cards close to your chest

Keep your plans only with you, be careful and do not tell to the wrong person. small mouth.
I´m leaving my job next year for a 6 months travel around the world, but should keep your cards close to your chest, otherwise your boss will fire you before next year.
by billy22012 October 17, 2013
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house of cards

metaphor pertaining to something of a fragile or volatile nature.

-from an old past-time of standing up playing cards together in the form of a house, this "structure" can fall apart at any time from the slightest action (e.g. an air current).
"We must plan this campaign implementing maximum precision, else it will disintegrate into a house of cards."
by Polo January 6, 2008
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Cradle snatcher

Someone who has relationships with much younger partners, comparing it to taking a baby from its cradle because they're so much younger in comparison.
"Bridget, your boyfriend is 40 years your junior! You're going to be called a cradle snatcher if you're not careful."
by factcurate June 8, 2020
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trade cards

To lose your virginity to someone else who is a virgin, essentially trading each other's v-card.
I hope to someday trade cards with the person I really love. It would be more memorable that way.
by Peterson Mcbee August 30, 2005
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Play Cards

A phrase that means you want to go and have sex. It is comparable to Netflix and chill, but for old people or lame people who do not have Netflix.
Mom: Want to go play cards?

Dad: Yes, let's go have sex!

Kid: Ewww, mom, gross!
by Cori and Laura April 7, 2021
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crabstick

1. The act of holding others back, with no intention of gaining from restraining their peers.
2. Intentionally ruining something for someone simply for the joy of watching them suffer.

The word originates from crabs in a pot cooking. When some of the crabs try to escape from being cooked, one crab would grab the others, preventing them from escaping. That crab is called the crabstick.
Oh man, Shorty is such a crabstick!!

Shorty sucks you in like a dirty little crabstick!
by shortshort April 1, 2009
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Macro Crabs

a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language. for crabs.
man don't push alt+5, you'll get macro crabs
by sloppy2nd December 18, 2010
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