open one's heart to

Idioms  

1. Confide in, reveal one's thoughts and feelings to, as in Last night Meg opened her heart to her sister concerning her marriage. This expression uses heart in the sense of “the seat of thought and emotion,” a usage dating from the 9th century.

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Example Sentences

Early into the 30-minute set, the 1978 exhortation by St. John Paul II to “not be afraid” to open one’s heart to Christ sounded out in Italian.

From Seattle Times

Mass, he preached of the need to open one’s heart to Jesus in these days before Christmas.

From New York Times

It always seemed the most natural thing in the world to open one's heart to him.

From Project Gutenberg

Furthermore, it is not Japanese custom to open one's heart, to make friends with everyone who comes along.

From Project Gutenberg

Prudery is an unknown thing in Equatorial Africa; and the Taveta fair ones would have been as little able to understand why anyone should think it wrong to open one's heart to a guest as their white sisters would have been to conceive of the possibility of talking freely and in all innocence of such matters without giving the least offence to friends and relatives.

From Project Gutenberg