| 单词 | to feel in one's bones |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto feel (also know, etc.) in one's bones (c) to feel (also know, etc.) in one's bones: to have a deep intuition of something; to feel certain that something will happen or be the case. ΚΠ 1605 W. Leigh Christians Watch sig. A7 Come we neerer home, euen to that which wee feele in our bones, and finde in our flesh as harbengers of deathes approach, and deeper printes of our mortalitye. 1823 National Advocate (N.Y.) 11 July We feel it in our bones, that the victory will be an easy one. 1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds ii. 42 I felt in my bones no good could come of it. 1923 J. A. Spender in Westm. Gaz. 13 Oct. They know in their bones it is nonsense. 1940 Laredo (Texas) Times 16 Feb. 1/1 O. W. Killam believes in his bones that nothing will stop the Laredo district from getting back on the oil map. 2000 S. Vickers Miss Garnet's Angel 238 I had not met his brother but twins are alike, and so I felt in my bones I could trust the other brother too. < as lemmas |
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