get off one's chest

English

get off one's chest (third-person singular simple present gets off one's chest, present participle getting off one's chest, simple past got off one's chest, past participle (UK) got off one's chest or (US) gotten off one's chest)

(idiomatic) To relieve oneself by talking to someone.
- 2020, Ava Max, Sorana, Roland Spreckley, Henri Antero Salonen, Cirkut, Jason Gill (lyrics and music), “OMG What's Happening”, in Heaven & Hell‎, performed by Ava Max:
  I wanna tell you things and show you all the rest / Broadcast my emotions on the radio and take them off my chest / I hope you're listening / Are you? Are you?

to relieve oneself by talking to someone

Danish: lette sit hjerte
Finnish: purkaa sydäntään
French: se libérer d’un poids, vider son sac (fr), dire ce qu’on a sur le cœur (fr)
German: sein Herz erleichtern, etwas loswerden
Icelandic: létta af hjarta sínu, létta á hjarta sínu
Irish: cuir de do chroí
Italian: togliersi un peso dallo stomaco, sfogarsi (it), aprirsi (it), rivelarsi (it)
Portuguese: desabafar (pt)
Spanish: desahogarse (es), desfogarse (es), quitarse un peso de encima, sacarse un peso de encima, sacarse una espina, franquearse (es), sincerarse (es)
Swedish: lätta på hjärtat