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I'm looking for an idiom that describes feeling better after getting closure/some explanation/clarity on a certain issue... whether breaking up with significant other and having a final face-to-face... getting explanation on death of a loved one.. etc.
Any thoughts?
松了口气=(literally) to get my lung exhausted=to finally relax
如释重负=(literally) just like having uninstalled a heavy burden=to finally relax
Other expressions include
拨开云雾见太阳=拨云见日（short form）=(literally) to wipe away clouds and fog to see the sun=to feel happy after a catastrophe (metaphor or literally)
I got 恍然大悟/善始善终/松了口气/释然/如释重负/大彻大悟/冰释前嫌/释然放怀，无复蔕芥/尘埃落定 etc. in mind. But they don't mean the same.
恍然大悟 <= you understood something finally
善始善终 <= you have a good start and a good end of a non-trivial task
松了口气 <= relief
释然 <= .... um .... also relief .... but written in a literal manner
如释重负 <= get rid of some heavy responsibilities
大彻大悟 <= understood some great big ideas, changing your attitude/thought/life in a good way
冰释前嫌 <= settled a serious misunderstanding or even quarrel
The phrase 了结一桩心事 is quite nice here
了结 can be used to mean closure, like mentioned in the question ("getting explanation on death of a loved one.. etc.").
Oxford && A Chinese-English Dictionary both define it as:
了结一桩心事
take a load off one's mind
a quick baidu search turns up some example usage:
If you really want to emphasize, feeling good after getting some, closure this is not a bad way of doing it.
