Quelle est l'origine de cette expression ?
Quelle est l’origine de l’expression « I will wear my heart upon my sleeve » ?
Cette expression vient de Othello de Shakespeare, 1604 :
IAGO: It is as sure as you are Roderigo, Were I the Moor, I would not be Iago: In following him, I follow but myself;
Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty, But seeming so, for my peculiar end: For when my outward action doth demonstrate The native act and figure of my heart In compliment extern, ‘tis not long after But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For daws to peck at: I am not what I am.
[Aussi sûr que Roderigo je suis moi, je ne sers que mes intérêts ; bientôt mon cœur sera livré aux choucas, je ne suis pas ce que je parais.]
Iago cache ainsi ses vraies intentions.