"wear one's heart on one's sleeve" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-wear one's heart on one's sleeve.ogg Forms: wears one's heart on one's sleeve [present, singular, third-person], wearing one's heart on one's sleeve [participle, present], wore one's heart on one's sleeve [past], worn one's heart on one's sleeve [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|wear<,,wore,worn> one's heart on one's sleeve}} wear one's heart on one's sleeve (third-person singular simple present wears one's heart on one's sleeve, present participle wearing one's heart on one's sleeve, simple past wore one's heart on one's sleeve, past participle worn one's heart on one's sleeve)
  1. (idiomatic) To be very transparent, open, or forthright about one's emotions. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Emotions Synonyms: with one's heart on one's sleeve Synonyms (to be emotionally transparent): to be an open book Related terms: hearts on sleeves, to wear on one's sleeve Translations (to be transparent or forthright about one's emotions): parlar amb el cor a la mà (Catalan), 坦率 (tǎnshuài) (Chinese Mandarin), 开诚布公 (kāichéngbùgōng) (Chinese Mandarin), 披肝瀝膽 (Chinese Mandarin), 披肝沥胆 (pīgānlìdǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), het hart op de tong hebben (Dutch), olla kuin avoin kirja (Finnish), parler à cœur ouvert (French), sein Herz auf der Zunge tragen (German), 솔직하다 (soljikhada) (Korean), parlar dab lo còr a la man (Occitan), mieć serce na dłoni (Polish), душа́ нараспа́шку /lit:soul open wide/ (dušá naraspášku) (Russian), ir con el lirio en la mano [rare] (Spanish), ruột để ngoài da (Vietnamese)

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