How do you use "bottle up" in a sentence?

Don't bottle up your feelings. He bottled up his anger for years. Bottling things up isn't healthy.

bottle up

Q: What does "bottle up" mean?

To suppress emotions and not express them Keeping feelings inside rather than expressing them, often leading to eventual emotional release or health problems.

Phrasal Verb BritishAmericanAustralian ★★★★☆ Common Neutral

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Meaning: To suppress emotions and not express them

压抑情感，不表达出来

Reprimir las emociones y no expresarlas

感情を抑え込んで表に出さないこと

감정을 억누르고 표현하지 않다

Keeping feelings inside rather than expressing them, often leading to eventual emotional release or health problems.

把感情藏在心里而不表达出来，往往最终导致情绪爆发或健康问题。

Guardar los sentimientos en lugar de expresarlos, lo que a menudo conduce a una liberación emocional eventual o problemas de salud.

感情を表に出さずに内に溜め込むこと。最終的には感情が爆発したり、健康問題につながることがあります。

감정을 표현하지 않고 내면에 가두어 두는 것으로, 결국 감정이 폭발하거나 건강 문제로 이어지는 경우가 많다.

Base verb: bottle

Particle: up

Separable: Yes — the object can go between the verb and particle

Examples

Don't bottle up your feelings.
不要压抑你的感情
No reprimas tus sentimientos
感情を溜め込まないで
감정을 속에 담아두지 마.
He bottled up his anger for years.
他把愤怒压抑了好多年
Reprimió su ira durante años
彼は何年も怒りを溜め込んでいた
그는 몇 년간 분노를 속에 담아두었다.
Bottling things up isn't healthy.
压抑情绪是不健康的
Reprimir las cosas no es sano
感情を溜め込むのは健康によくない
감정을 속에 담아두는 것은 건강에 좋지 않다.

Pronunciation

Usage Guide

Context: emotional health, therapy

Tone: advisory

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Stop bottling things up
别再压抑了
Deja de reprimir las cosas
溜め込むのはやめて
속에 담아두지 마

Origin & History

Metaphor of containing something in a bottle.

Cultural Context

Era: Modern

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal