单词 | to feel something in one's water |
释义 | > as lemmasto feel something in one's water (also waters) c. colloquial (originally and chiefly British). to feel something in one's water (also waters): to have a strong intuition or hunch about something. Frequently in to feel it in one's water. Similarly to have a feeling in one's water. Cf. to feel something in one’s marrow at marrow n.1 1d, to feel (also know, etc.) in one's bones at bone n.1 Phrases 1b(c).In quot. 1972 reporting a conversation alleged to have taken place in 1933. ΚΠ 1964 M. Henry Air Gunner iv. 165 I had a feeling in my water that he would collect [the prize] because, before joining the R.A.F. he had been a game-keeper! 1972 M. Oliphant Rutherford viii. 110 Rutherford roared: ‘Reasons! Reasons! I feel it in my water!’ 1996 S. China Morning Post (Hong Kong) (Nexis) 26 May (Metro section) 7 ‘We're going to get a better take, I can feel it in my waters,’ Johns said enthusiastically into the telephone. 2006 Daily Mirror 13 June 27/3 I knew this was coming, I could feel it in my water. < as lemmas |
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