| 单词 | to wear one's heart on one's sleeve |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wear one's heart on (also upon) one's sleeve e. to wear one's heart on (also upon) one's sleeve and variants: to show one's feelings, wishes, intentions, etc., openly; to be unable or unwilling to disguise one's feelings.Sometimes with specific allusion to Shakespeare (see quot. a1616). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > be unaffected, natural, or artless [verb (intransitive)] to wear one's heart on (also upon) one's sleevea1616 to let it all hang out1970 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > manifest itself [verb (intransitive)] > expose one's feelings to all to wear one's heart on (also upon) one's sleevea1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. i. 64 Tis not long after, But I will weare my heart vpon my sleeue, For Doues to pecke at. View more context for this quotation 1772 T. Delamayne Senators (ed. 4) 11 Sawbridge..hangs out his honest heart upon his sleeve. 1795 R. Cumberland Wheel of Fortune v. 78 What, does that David think ‘I wear my heart upon my sleeve, For Daws to peck at?’ 1823 J. G. Lockhart Reginald Dalton I. ii. vi. 172 This haughty old Ecclesiastic was far too much the man of the world to carry his heart upon his sleeve. 1865 Standard 19 June 5/1 It has pleased the plaintiff..to wear her heart upon her sleeve for daws to peck at. 1927 H. T. Lowe-Porter tr. T. Mann Magic Mountain (London ed.) I. v. 300 He himself did nothing to conceal his state... He inclined rather to wear his heart upon his sleeve. 1969 E. W. Emery Aunt Puss & Others 54 He didn't spill over with friendliness nor wear his heart on his sleeve. 2005 Elle Girl (U.K. ed.) Feb. 95/2 Even if you do find a bloke who's happy to wear his heart on his sleeve and shower you with gifts and public displays of affection, is that really you? < as lemmas |
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