“Wear your heart on your sleeve”
Definition
To show your feelings openly.
Examples
Examples
“He wears his heart on his sleeve, so everyone knows when he’s upset.”
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He wears his heart on his sleeve, so everyone knows when he’s upset.Compare with the original example
He wears his heart on his sleeve, so everyone knows when he’s upset.
Write a two-line conversation using “Wear your heart on your sleeve”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
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- What does "Wear your heart on your sleeve" mean?
- "Wear your heart on your sleeve" means to show your feelings openly.
- How do you use "Wear your heart on your sleeve" in a sentence?
- Example: "He wears his heart on his sleeve, so everyone knows when he’s upset."
- What is the Russian or Armenian translation of "Wear your heart on your sleeve"?
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