Idiom
wear one's heart on one's sleeve
Meaning
To be very transparent, open, or forthright about one's emotions.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He wears his heart on his sleeve and tells everyone how he feels.”
“It is easy to know when she is upset because she always wears her heart on her sleeve.”
“By consistently wearing his heart on his sleeve, he left himself vulnerable to those who did not share his sincerity.”
Examples
simple
“He wears his heart on his sleeve and tells everyone how he feels.”
contextual
“It is easy to know when she is upset because she always wears her heart on her sleeve.”
complex
“By consistently wearing his heart on his sleeve, he left himself vulnerable to those who did not share his sincerity.”
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