feel in bones (redirected from know something in bones)

feel something in one's bones and know something in one's bones

Fig. to sense something; to have an intuition about something. The train will be late. I feel it in my bones. I failed the test. I know it in my bones.

See also: bone, feel

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feel something in your bones

to know something is true, although it cannot be proved I knew something terrible was going to happen - I could feel it in my bones.

See also: bone, feel