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feel in bones
feel something in one's bones
and know something in one's bonesFig. to sense something; to have an intuition about something. The train will be late. I feel it in my bones. I failed the test. I know it in my bones.
feel something in your bones
to know something is true, although it cannot be proved I knew something terrible was going to happen - I could feel it in my bones.
feel in (one's) bones
To have an intuition of.