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wear your heart on your sleeve wear (one's) heart on (one's) sleeveTo openly display or make known one's emotions or sentiments. My father was always very closed off regarding his feelings, so when I had kids, I made a point of wearing my heart on my sleeve with them. The senator has begun wearing his heart on his sleeve now that he's not seeking re-election.See also: heart, on, sleeve, wearwear your heart on your sleeve If you wear your heart on your sleeve, your feelings are obvious to everyone around you. Note: The heart is traditionally regarded as the centre of the emotions. She's one of these people who wears her heart on her sleeve. She simply doesn't wear her heart on her sleeve so it's sometimes difficult to know what she's feeling. Note: You can also use heart-on-your-sleeve or heart-on-the-sleeve before nouns. You would have thought the heart-on-the-sleeve atmosphere would have suited his nature.See also: heart, on, sleeve, wearwear your heart on your sleeve make your feelings apparent. In medieval times, it was the custom for a knight to wear the name of a lady on his sleeve during a tournament; the phrase was later popularized by Shakespeare in Othello: ‘For I will wear my heart upon my sleeve, For daws to peck at’. 1998 Spectator He…is not suffering from compassion fatigue, yet neither does he wear his heart on his sleeve. See also: heart, on, sleeve, wearwear your ˌheart on your ˈsleeve show other people your emotions, especially love: He wears his heart on his sleeve and often gets hurt.This phrase is from Shakespeare’s play Othello.See also: heart, on, sleeve, wearwear your heart on your sleeveReveal your emotions so that they are subject to the comments of others. A young man who has a crush on a young lady may tell everyone that he can't live without her, even though his words may be met by his friends' sneers and jeers. If so, he's wearing his heart on his sleeve, which is to say exposing it in a vulnerable place. The phrase comes from Othello, where devious Iago says, For when my outward action doth demonstrate The native act and figure of my heart In compliment extern, 'tis not long after But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For daws [ravens] to peck at. I am not what I am.See also: heart, on, sleeve, wear |