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pour one's heart out en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To express one's innermost thoughts or feelings effusively.
   • He poured his heart out to them, so as he never could in any other company, where he hath generally passed for being moody, or supercilious and silent. 1852, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 29, in The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.:
   • And I just can't pour my heart out, to another living thing, I'm a whisper, I'm a shadow, but I'm standing up to sing. 1994, Rolling Stones, Out of Tears:
   • [S]he would be all the better for pouring her heart out freely, and would be glad to do it, if she were sure of sympathy 1860, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 7, in The Marble Faun:
   • The spirited lyrics, the dancing and the joy of watching these five handsome, clean-cut youngsters pouring their hearts out moved me then and moves me now. 2009 July 2, “Our Favorite Songs: General Colin Powell”, in Time:

Forms

Relateds

bare one's soul

Translations (10)

hu kiönti a szívét (to express one's innermost thoughts or feelings) · fi vuodattaa sydäntään (to express one's innermost thoughts or feelings) · es desahogarse (to express one's innermost thoughts or feelings) · it aprire il proprio cuore (to express one's innermost thoughts or feelings) · fi avautua (to express one's innermost thoughts or feelings) · de sein Herz ausschütten (to express one's innermost thoughts or feelings) · ru излить душу (to express one's innermost thoughts or feelings) · pl mieć serce na dłoni (to express one's innermost thoughts or feelings) · fr s'épancher (to express one's innermost thoughts or feelings) · it mettere a nudo il proprio animo (to express one's innermost thoughts or feelings)