It means you are holding back your feelings. You may feel trapped, repressed, and unable to express yourself, or you may believe that expressing certain feelings is wrong. That is usually not a healthy state of mind.
Examples:
"After years of bottling up his anger over all the bullying, the student finally had enough and went on a shooting rampage at school."
The Kenny Rogers song (and the movie with the same title), Coward of the County, was about a meek man who didn't want to repeat the mistakes of his father who spent most of his life in prison for his actions. He had a girlfriend, and the three most feared men in town raped her. From that point the lyrics say, "Twenty years of crawling were bottled up inside him. He would hold nothing back he let 'em have it all." So much of his life, he was a "doormat," but when it came to defending someone he really loved, he no longer bottled up his emotions, but let it all come out as he took on her three attackers.
You can figure this out if you think a bit. If something is bottled up, it's trapped and not released. Bottled up emotions are held in and not released.
It means to keep them inside, like closing them up in a bottle and not letting anyone see your feelings.
Some examples of idioms in "Divergent" include "jumping off the deep end," "barking up the wrong tree," and "walking on eggshells." These idioms are used to convey deeper meanings or emotions within the story.
If you don't express a feeling such as crying at a loss, you are said to have your emotions bottled up. It could be anger, love, or loss.
because its not healthy to keep all bottled up inside.
Emotions such as anger, resentment, and frustration tend to be bottled up when individuals do not express their true feelings or concerns. This can lead to increased stress, anxiety, and potential mental health issues if not addressed and processed in a healthy way. Communication and finding outlets for emotional expression are important in managing and releasing these bottled-up emotions.
MacKenzie Falls - 2009 Bottled Emotions 1-5 was released on: USA: 20 December 2009
Idioms are created over time by native speakers of a language. They develop organically as a way to express ideas or emotions in a concise and culturally relevant manner. There is no single individual or group responsible for creating all idioms in a language.
Bottled up emotion refers to suppressing or repressing one's feelings instead of expressing them openly. This can lead to feelings accumulating and intensifying over time, potentially resulting in emotional outbursts or other negative outcomes. It is important to find healthy ways to express emotions to maintain mental well-being.
Nobody. Idioms and slang evolve naturally as people talk.
Think about putting something in a bottle and putting a cork in it. The idea is that you are putting your emotions into a bottle and not letting anyone see them, or not letting yourself feel something negative like anger or grief.
There are no precise words. Idioms are just phrases that catch on.