C1idiomemotionsIELTS-friendly
bottle something up
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to hide strong feelings instead of showing or talking about them
Often with feelings, anger, emotions. The opposite is 'get something off your chest'.
In context
Don't bottle up your anger; talk to someone you trust.
He'd been bottling everything up since the divorce, and finally broke down.
More idioms about emotions
- a bitter pill to swallowan unpleasant fact or situation that is hard to accept
- a bundle of nervesvery nervous and worried
- a chip on your shouldera lasting anger because you feel you were treated unfairly in the past
- a knot in your stomacha tight, sick feeling in your body caused by worry or fear
- a lump in your throata tight feeling in your throat because you are so moved that you might cry