Wear Your Heart On Your Sleeve

Wear Your Heart On Your Sleeve. The phrase was first recorded in Shakespeare's tragic play, Othello, when the villain confesses his crimes to the audience Example: "I can always tell how you feel since you wear your heart on your sleeve."


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Definition of wear your heart on your sleeve in the Idioms Dictionary The man wearing this favor on his sleeve was a signal of their love for each other.

The idiom continues to be popular because it accurately captures a universal human experience: the struggle between emotional transparency and concealment The man wearing this favor on his sleeve was a signal of their love for each other. Iago: It is sure as you are Roderigo, Were I the Moor, I would not be Iago: In following him, I follow but myself; Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty, But seeming so, for my peculiar end: For when my outward action doth demonstrate The native act and figure of my heart In compliment extern, 'tis not long after But I will wear my.

. "Don't wear your heart on your sleeve when your remarks are off the cuff." - Elvis Costello "I wear my heart on my sleeve." - Princess Diana "Some people wear their heart up on their sleeve To "wear your heart on your sleeve" means to make your emotions known, or to not hide how you feel

. to make your feelings and emotions obvious rather than hiding them 2 Example: "I can always tell how you feel since you wear your heart on your sleeve."