wear on one's sleeve

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To express (an emotion, belief, or stance) overtly and make it an important part of one's public life. transitive
    — But religion is the one thing they encourage you to wear on your sleeve.

词形变化

wears on one's sleeve present,singular,third-person wearing on one's sleeve participle,present wore on one's sleeve past worn on one's sleeve participle,past

词源

This phrase may derive from a mediaeval custom at jousting matches. Knights are said to have worn the colours of the lady they were supporting, in cloths or ribbons tied to their arms.
The term does not date from that period though, and is first recorded in Shakespeare's Othello, 1604, in which the treacherous Iago's plan was to feign openness and vulnerability in order to appear faithful.
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