letting off steam
- ventingReleasing emotion verbally
- releaseTo let go
- blowing offIntentionally skipping or ignoring
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
- angerIntense hostile emotion
catharsis · rant · outburst · exhale · pressure · boiling · whistling · kettle · tension · unwind · decompress · scream · punch · workout · rage · fuming · explosive · relief
- idiomstime flies, hit the sack, seize the day, ring a bell, break a leg
- machine idiomswell-oiled machine, gears turning, firing on all cylinders, grinding gears, full steam ahead
emotional release
letting off steambottling up
Containing emotions internally
internalizing · biting one's tongue · choking back · stifling · tamping down
tension management
letting off steamstewing
Cooking low and slow
festering · simmering · brooding · seething · winding up
behavioral expression
letting off steamholding back
Preventing forward movement
keeping one's cool · holding one's peace · keeping calm · gritting one's teeth · suffering in silence