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.

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).

词组	air one's grievances
释义	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 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. See also: air (one's) grievances air grievances grievance dance on air walk on air walk on air, to float on air air out up and away catch air
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