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a sinking feeling

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a sinking feeling  (informal)
a feeling that something bad is going to happen I had that sinking feeling you get going into an exam you haven't studied for.
See also: feeling, sink


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He fought a sinking feeling about the girl while slowly gathering the materials she could work on.
With two films like ``Das Boat'' and ``The Perfect Storm'' under his belt, it's clear that director Wolfgang Petersen has an affinity for water, but after ``Poseidon'' -- a remake of Irwin Allen's 1972 disaster flick, ``The Poseidon Adventure,'' about an ocean liner that is upended by a tidal wave -- he must have a sinking feeling.
I had a sinking feeling that my liver was failing again.
 
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