a sinking feeling



a sinking feeling

  (informal)
a feeling that something bad is going to happen I had that sinking feeling you get going into an exam you haven't studied for.
See also: feeling, sink

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
AdelaideAD-ə-layd (English), ah-de-LIE-de (Italian), ə-də-LIED (Portuguese)English, Italian, Portuguese
SeyyİT-Turkish
Malvina-Scottish, English, Literature
Eburwin-Ancient Germanic
NiklasNIK-lahs (Swedish), NEEK-lahs (Finnish)Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, German
HildaHIL-də (English), HIL-dah (German, Dutch)English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Spanish, Anglo-Saxon (Latinized), Ancient German