feel in one's bones
feel (something) in (one's) bones
To feel something intuitively. Something bad is going to happen tonight—I can feel it in my bones.
See also: bone, feel
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
feel in one's bones
Have an intuition or hunch about something, as in I'm sure he'll succeed-I can feel it in my bones. This expression alludes to the age-old notion that persons with a healed broken bone or with arthritis experience bone pain before rain, due to a drop in barometric pressure, and therefore can predict a weather change. [c. 1600]
See also: bone, feel
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- feel in bones
- feel in your bones
- feel (something) in (one's) bones
- feel something in your bones
- feel honored
- feel like
- feel like doing
- feel like oneself
- feel like something/like doing something
- feel with