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
AndieAN-deeEnglish
RheaREE-ə (English)Greek Mythology (Latinized), Roman Mythology
ElinaE-lee-nah (Finnish), e-LEE-nah (Swedish)Finnish, Swedish
KaydenKAY-dənEnglish (Modern)
Hirsh-Yiddish
Aminah (1)-Arabic, Malay, Indonesian