Beispiele aus Textkorpus für keep your powder dry
1. "Our message to them was ‘Keep your powder dry,‘ " one official said.
2. Unless you‘re Peter Mandelson, you only get to resign once, so it is strategically important to keep your powder dry until the moment is right.
3. Then: "Keep your powder dry," Richardson was quoted by one guest as saying, "I‘m running, and you can tell people that." Two others recalled him saying: "I‘m going in 2008." The group was "a little surprised," said one attendee.
4. Any doubts that Thompson will soon enter the race were erased the moment he cuddled a baby pig and gawked at a cow carved out of butter. Keep your powder dry,‘‘ Thompson told Iowa Republicans during a brief speech at the fair‘s soapbox.‘‘ The actor on NBC‘s Law & Order‘‘ plunged hesitantly into retail politics Iowa–style.