Spill your sorrows?

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Is this a correct sentence?:

"We sat down at the bar and he started to spill his sorrows."

Is "spill ones sorrows" a way of saying that one tells someone all about ones problems?
 

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How about pour out his troubles?
 

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How about pour out his troubles?

Ok, so "spill your sorrows" is not a "correct" saying?
I get some hits on google but not enough to verify it..

So, is it correct to say just "pour your troubles", without the "out"?
(I'm writing song lyrics and it has to fit the rhythm of the melody:)

Thank you for answering.
 

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Ok, so "spill your sorrows" is not a "correct" saying?
I get some hits on google but not enough to verify it..

So, is it correct to say just "pour your troubles", without the "out"?
(I'm writing song lyrics and it has to fit the rhythm of the melody:)

Thank you for answering.

No. "Pour your troubles" doesn't work.
 

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Ok, so "spill your sorrows" is not a "correct" saying?
I get some hits on google but not enough to verify it..

It's not a very common phrase, but people will understand it.

So, is it correct to say just "pour your troubles", without the "out"?
(I'm writing song lyrics and it has to fit the rhythm of the melody

You can get away with a lot in songs, and people add or remove words to fit tunes. It's not the correct way to say it, but it could work in the context of a song- people do far worse because of the requirements of the song.
 

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It's not a very common phrase, but people will understand it.



You can get away with a lot in songs, and people add or remove words to fit tunes. It's not the correct way to say it, but it could work in the context of a song- people do far worse because of the requirements of the song.

I know, but I'd like to avoid that as much as I possibly can.
If you just put a little effort into it, there's always a way to make it work without being incorrect.
So, is there any single word that would work in that sentence?
"_____ your sorrows"

If not, there might be some other four-syllables phrase that means the same thing (or close to)?

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You could use woes instead of troubles.
 
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