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
IngeborgING-e-bawrk (German)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
Ljiljana-Serbian, Croatian
Shprintze-Yiddish
CoriKAWR-eeEnglish
Owen (2)-Irish
ValÈRe-French