pours one's heart out
Shares innermost feelings
To pour one's heart out is to express deep emotions openly and at length, holding nothing back.
The phrase suggests releasing pent-up feelings—grief, love, frustration—to a listener or in writing: She poured her heart out to her sister about the divorce.
The image is of emptying oneself emotionally, leaving nothing unexpressed.
- ventingReleasing emotion verbally
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- spilling the beansDisclosing confidential information
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
- emotional releaseDischarge of pent-up feelings
emoting · relief · lamentation · revelation · trust-building · safe space · disclosure · unburdening · vulnerability · listening · trusted friend · storytelling · dialogue · emotional healing · opening up · rapport · bonding · empathy
pours one's heart outbites one's tongue
Deliberately withholds a remark
pours one's heart outclams up
Stops talking abruptly
keeps mum · withholds · holds back · keeps one's cards close to one's chest · stonewalls
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