put one's heart on one's sleeve
put one's heart on one's sleeve is the alternative form of wear one's heart on one's sleeve.
Meaning of wear one's heart on one's sleeve
Verb
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)
- To be very transparent, open, or forthright about one's emotions.
- Iago: 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 heart upon my sleeve
For daws to peck at: I am not what I am.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- Synonyms:
- to be an open book
- Iago: For when my outward action doth demonstrate
Forms of put one's heart on one's sleeve
| third-person singular present | puts one's heart on one's sleeve |
|---|---|
| present participle | putting one's heart on one's sleeve |
| past participle | put one's heart on one's sleeve |
| past | put one's heart on one's sleeve |
Questions about put one's heart on one's sleeve
- What is put one's heart on one's sleeve the alternative form of?
- Put one's heart on one's sleeve is the alternative form of wear one's heart on one's sleeve.
Words near put one's heart on one's sleeve in the dictionary
- put one's hands up
- put one's head above the parapet
- put one's head in the sand
- put one's heart in
- put one's heart into
- put one's heart on one's sleeve
- put one's house in order
- put one's household in order
- put one's legs under someone's mahogany
- put one's mind to it
- put one's money where one's mouth is
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