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
LeilaLAY-lə (English), LEE-lə (English), LIE-lə (English)Arabic, Persian, English, Georgian
AlyseAL-isEnglish (Modern)
Mitre-Bulgarian, Macedonian
ÂNgelaAN-zhə-ləPortuguese
Feodor-Russian
NoachNO-ahkh (Dutch)Hebrew, Dutch, Biblical Hebrew