feel something in one's bonesとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

to feel (something) in one's bones (三人称単数 現在形 feels in one's bones, 現在分詞 feeling in one's bones, 過去形および過去分詞形 felt in one's bones)

1. (idiomatic) To sense a fact or to have a strong conviction as a result of one's own practical experience, instinct, or gut feeling.
   • 1875, Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins, ch. 9:

     Rose felt it in her bones, as Dolly says, that something was in the wind, and wanted to be off at once.

   • 1909, Jack London, Martin Eden, ch. 45:

     "I said then we'd meet again. I felt it in my bones. An' here we are."

   • 1997 Oct. 5, David Brooks, "Books: The Wonder That Is Me," New York Times (retrieved 12 July 2011):

     Even if you are only writing a potboiler, you have to feel in your bones that it is a classic for the ages.

   • 2010 July 5, Pelin Turgut, "Turning to the East," Time:

     "I don't know what tomorrow will bring," wrote Hakan Albayrak. . . . "But I feel deep in my bones . . . that a new world is taking shape."