heart on sleeve
Feelings openly displayed
To wear your heart on your sleeve is to display emotions openly, making feelings visible to others rather than concealing them: She wears her heart on her sleeve—you always know exactly how she's feeling.
The phrase suggests vulnerability and emotional transparency, sometimes implying a lack of guardedness that leaves one exposed to hurt.
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- openNot closed
- open bookOne easily understood
- honestFree from deception
- no filterWithout screening or softening
emotional · transparent · sincere · expressive · true feelings · raw · genuine · exposed · laying bare · candid · unguarded · soul baring · passionate · sensitive · revealing · confessional · inner self · tender
- authenticityauthentic, genuine, real, fake, counterfeit
- body idiomsheartstrings, gut feeling, gut instinct, backbone, hard head
- Shakespeare phrasesto be or not to be, et tu Brute, all the world's a stage, out damned spot, friends Romans countrymen
heart on sleevepoker face
Intentionally expressionless look
guarded · stoic · tight-lipped · inscrutable · emotionally unavailable
heart on sleeveenigmatic
Puzzling and obscure
mysterious · cagey · secretive · private · cryptic
heart on sleeveguarded
Wary and restrained
walled off · defensive · armored · closed off · hard to read
heart, sleeve, hearts, sleeves, hearted, heartless, heartfelt, sweetheart, sleeved