get something off one's chest
• say something that one has wanted to say for a long time, resulting in a feeling of relief.
• "tell me about it, get it off your chest"
Similar:
confess,
disclose,
divulge,
reveal,
make known,
make public,
own up to,
make a clean breast of,
bring into the open,
tell all about,
say what one is thinking,
get a load off one's mind,
unburden oneself,
spill the beans about,
come out with it,
discover,
Opposite:
bottle something up,
