air (one's) grievances
air (one's) grievances
To express one's dissatisfaction. The employees used the meeting to air their grievances about their salaries and working conditions.
See also: air, grievance
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
air one's grievances
Fig. to complain; to make a public complaint. I know how you feel, John, but it isn't necessary to air your grievances over and over.
See also: air, grievance
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
air one's grievances
Complain publicly, as in Jane was afraid to complain at work but freely aired her grievances at home. This figurative exposure to the open air is far from new; to air one's opinions or ideas dates from the early 1800s, and the precise idiom appears in James Joyce's Ulysses (1922).
See also: air, grievance
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- air grievances
- air one's grievances
- grievance
- dance on air
- walk on air
- walk on air, to
- float on air
- air out
- up and away
- catch air