37．把心别在自己的袖口上

［词语］to wear one's heart upon one's sleeve

to pin one's heart on one's sleeve

to carry one's heart on one's sleeve

［含义］感情流露在外；心直口快；十分坦率

［趣释］【经典喻指】中世纪时，欧洲流行一种习俗，青年常把自己心上人所送的纪念品——花朵或手帕别在自己的袖口上，从而将心中的秘密公之于众。英国著名剧作家威廉·莎士比亚（William Shakespeare）在其著名悲剧《奥赛罗》（Othello）第一幕第一场中就用过此典故。现在，人们用“把心别在自己的袖口上”（to wear/pin/carry one's heart upon one's sleeve）喻指感情流露在外、心直口快、十分坦率。

［运用］Wearing her heart on her sleeve, she gushed over any man who took an interest in her． 她这个人很容易动感情，一碰到对她发生兴趣的男人，就对他一往情深。

I always know when my daughter has quarrelled with her boyfriend. She wears heart on her sleeve． 我女儿跟她男朋友吵架我都知道，她总是喜形于色。

He is not a man who wears his heart on his sleeve． 他不是一个感情外露的人。

I never really wore a mask. I wear my heart on my sleeve． 我从来不会伪装，我会表露我真实的感情。