pour one's heart out
Share deepest feelings
To pour one's heart out is to express one's deepest feelings openly and at length, holding nothing back: She poured her heart out to her therapist about the divorce.
The phrase suggests emotional release—confiding troubles, fears, or affections that have been bottled up.
Someone pours their heart out to a trusted listener, in a diary, or sometimes to a stranger.
- confideShare private matters
- openNot closed
- open upReveal inner thoughts
- bare one's soulReveal innermost feelings
- unburdenRemove a weight from
release · emotional release · reveal · spill the beans · friendship · express · confession · vent · raw · honest · true feelings · letting go · outpouring · sincere · disclose · relief · catharsis · intimacy
pour one's heart outbottle up
Suppress emotions internally
repress · internalize · clam up · hold back · keep a stiff upper lip
pour one's heart outclam up
Abruptly stop speaking
keep mum · shut down · stonewall · keep one's cards close to one's chest · hold one's tongue
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