VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Get something off your chest

Meaning:

To reveal something that is worrying you or making you feel guilty in order to feel relieved.

Examples:

  • Look, if you need to talk, get something off your chest,
  • You know, if you need to get something off your chest, you should...
  • You want to get something off your chest?
  • Okay, you want to get something off your chest?
  • Before you get something off your chest, I gotta get something off my chest.
  • I just wanted to formally introduce myself and let you know you have a confidential place to come to if you ever need to get something off your chest.