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GET (SMTH.) OFF (ONE'S) CHEST
to disclose or talk about smth. that is bothering or worrying one
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1. I’ve had something on my mind all day that I just have to tell you. I will feel better when I get it off my chest.
2. You look very troubled about something. Why don’t you talk about it and get it off your chest?

The idiom suggests that a bothersome concern weighs down one’s chest or heart and that talking about it relieves the weight.


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