relieve your feelings

relieve (one's) feelings

To do or say something as a means of venting or coping with one's feelings, especially anger or frustration. You may feel compelled to relieve your feelings of frustration by spanking your toddler, but it won't make you feel better, and it will teach them that violence is an acceptable solution to problems. Whenever anxiety takes hold of me, I go out for a walk along the canal to relieve my feelings.
See also: feeling, relieve
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

relieve your feelings

use strong language or vigorous behaviour when annoyed.
See also: feeling, relieve
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • relieve
  • relieve (one's) feelings
  • a thin line between love and hate
  • hate
  • a piece of (one's) mind
  • a piece of mind
  • be not fussed (about someone or something)
  • bare (one's) heart
  • lost without a cause
  • (it) makes no difference to me
References in classic literature
In the meantime you can relieve your feelings by cursing the one-man power and the effete monarchies of Europe."
Fantastic Fables
If you are stuck on one of Sir Richard Branson's trains on the other side of the country, you cannot even relieve your feelings by firing off abusive emails.
On Branson's trains you cannot even relieve your feelings by firing off abusive emails
A hazardous flight with Capt Brown; VIEW OF THE NORTH
Get help if none of these steps relieve your feelings of stress by seeking advice.
ARE SCOTS UNDER THE STRAIN?; The hidden costs of stress at work