wearing one's heart on one's sleeve
Openly showing feelings
Wearing one's heart on one's sleeve means openly displaying one's emotions, especially romantic feelings or vulnerability.
Someone who wears their heart on their sleeve makes no effort to hide what they feel: She's always worn her heart on her sleeve—you can tell immediately when something's wrong.
The phrase often carries a note of risk, since exposed feelings invite hurt.
- candidnessUnguarded truthfulness
- opennessQuality of being accessible
- open bookOne easily understood
- truthfulnessHabit of not lying
- emotional honestyTruthful expression of feelings
defenselessness · sharing · heart to heart · exposure · baring one's soul · unguardedness · self-awareness · forthrightness · true feelings · susceptibility · sincerity · rawness · raw emotion · sensitivity · laying bare · disclosure · genuineness · no filter
wearing one's heart on one's sleevepoker-faced
Showing no emotion
keeping one's cards close to one's chest · stone-faced · inscrutable · guarded · unreadable
wearing one's heart on one's sleeveemotionally unavailable
Unable to form bonds
holding back · wary · defensive · withholding
wearing one's heart on one's sleevewalled off
Separated by barrier
closed off · emotionally unavailable · aloof · distant · standoffish
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