• feel something in one's bones:
=know something in one's bones:
-to believe something very strongly: - 캠브릿지
-to believe something strongly although you cannot explain why: - 캠브릿지
-to have a strong feeling about something : sense very strongly - 메리엄 웹스터
-To sense something strongly and intuitively. - 프리
: ~이 피부에 와 닿다; ~을 직감으로 느끼다.
e.g.)
The economy seems to be getting better. I can feel it in my bones.
경기가 좋아지고 있다는 게 피부에 와 닿아요.
I just know you’ll do well in college, I can feel it in my bones. (캠브릿지)
It's going to be a good summer - I can feel it in my bones. (캠브릿지)
He knew in his bones that he was wrong. (메리엄 웹스터)
She felt in her bones that nothing had changed. (메리엄 웹스터)
We all felt the truth of the situation in our bones. (프리)
Something bad is going to happen tonight—I can feel it in my bones. (프리)
Ref)
feel something in one's bones
If you say that you can feel something in your bones, you mean that you feel very strongly that you are right about something, although you cannot explain why.
e.g.)
Joe, I have a hunch you're going to lose tonight. I just feel it in my bones.
Note: Verbs such as know, believe, and sense are sometimes used instead of feel.
e.g.)
No amount of argument can disguise what people across the country know in their bones.
His departure is not just a sadness and a loss; it is potentially a crisis. Convention is very important — you'd think a conservative would know that in his bones.
Note: You can also say that you have a feeling in your bones.
e.g.)
I've got a feeling in my bones we're going to lose this by-election.
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