feel in bones



feel something in one's bones

 and know something in one's bones
Fig. 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.
See also: bone, feel

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.
See also: bone, feel

feel in (one's) bones

To have an intuition of.
See also: bone, feel

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Mika (1)MEE-kahFinnish
Paaie-Manx
'Abbas-Arabic, Persian
Lovel-English (Rare)
OsbertAHZ-bərtEnglish (Rare)
Sikandar-Urdu, Pashto