idiom · informal
pour one's heart out
UK/pɔː(r) wʌnz hɑːt aʊt/US/pɔr wʌnz hɑrt aʊt/POUR one's HEART out
to tell someone all your feelings, especially your worries or problems
Examples
“She poured her heart out to her best friend after the breakup.”
“Sometimes I just need someone to listen while I pour my heart out.”
“He poured his heart out in the letter, admitting his mistakes.”
Band 8 sentence
“After months of silence, she poured her heart out to her sister about the pressure she'd been under.”
Collocations
- pour one's heart out to someone
- pour one's heart out in a letter
Word family
Common mistakes
pour one's heart→pour one's heart out
poured her heart→poured her heart out
Say it for a higher band
5tell everything→6confess everything→7+pour one's heart out
Synonyms
get something off one's chest
Easily confused
get something off one's chest
“After the exam, she finally got it off her chest and told the teacher about the mistake.”
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