wear your heart on your sleeve

Register · Neutral Neutral — appropriate in most situations, both spoken and written, without sounding too casual or too stiff. CEFR B2

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Example

“He wears his heart on his sleeve, so you always know how he feels.”

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blow off steam Informal · CEFR B1

to release pent-up energy or emotion through some activity

cut loose Informal · CEFR B1

to abandon restraint and behave freely or wildly

drive someone up the wall Informal · CEFR B1

to make someone feel extremely annoyed or frustrated

get on someone's nerves Neutral · CEFR B1

to repeatedly irritate or annoy someone

go bananas Informal · CEFR B1

to become wildly excited, angry, or otherwise out of control

green with envy Neutral · CEFR B1

feeling extremely jealous of what another person has

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Meanings, register, CEFR, and examples come from the reviewed dictionary record. Expression notes may describe a reviewed present-day word picture or a background note; they are not presented as verified etymology.

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