open one's heart to
open (one's) heart (to someone)
To share one's deepest or most intimate emotions, thoughts, or secrets. Samantha finally opened her heart to me last night about how grief-stricken she's been since her father passed away. My father was a cold man, and he never opened his heart to anyone.
See also: heart, open
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
open one's heart to
Confide in, reveal one's thoughts and feelings to, as in Last night Meg opened her heart to her sister concerning her marriage. This expression uses heart in the sense of "the seat of thought and emotion," a usage dating from the 9th century.
See also: heart, open
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- open (one's) heart (to someone)
- open heart to
- open your heart
- pour (one's) heart out (to someone)
- pour heart out to
- pour out (one's) heart (to someone)
- pour out one's heart
- pour your heart out
- pour out soul
- pour out (one's) soul (to someone)