B2idiompeopleIELTS-friendly
come out of your shell
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to become less shy and more willing to talk to people
Change 'your' to match the person: 'out of his shell'. Others can 'bring someone out of their shell'.
In context
My son was very quiet at first, but the drama club helped him come out of his shell.
Living abroad forced me to come out of my shell and talk to strangers.
More idioms about people
- a chip off the old blocka child who is very like one of their parents in character or skills
- a cold fishsomeone who seems unfriendly and does not show feelings
- a drama queensomeone who reacts to small problems as if they were very serious
- a fair-weather friendsomeone who is your friend only when things are going well for you
- a friend in need is a friend indeeda person who helps you when you are in trouble is a true friend