have a heart-to-heart talk

have a heart-to-heart talk {v. phr.}

To confide in someone with great intimacy.

Jill and her mother had a heart-to-heart talk before she decided to move in with Andrew.

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[heart-to-heart] {adj.} Speaking freely and seriously about something private. * /The father decided to have a heart-to-heart talk with his son about smoking./ * /She waited until they were alone […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[heart] See: [AFTER ONE'S OWN HEART], [AT HEART], [EAT ONE'S HEART OUT], [BREAK ONE'S HEART], [BY HEART], [CHANGE OF HEART], [CROSS ONE'S HEART], [DO ONE GOOD] or [DO ONE'S HEART […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[open one's heart] {v. phr.} 1. To talk about your feelings honestly; confide in someone. * /After going around worrying, Mary opened her heart to her mother./ * /John felt […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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