gut feeling

gut feeling
gut feeling & gut reaction & gut response
a personal, intuitive feeling or response. •

I have a gut feeling that something bad is going to happen.

My gut reaction is that we should hire Susan for the job.

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{n. phr.} An instinctive reaction. * /I have a gut feeling that they will never get married in spite of all they say./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • gut feeling — /gʌt ˈfilɪŋ/ (say gut feeling) noun a feeling or knowledge which does not come from conscious understanding or learning; intuition …  

  • gut\ feeling — n. phr. An instinctive reaction. I have a gut feeling that they will never get married in spite of all they say …   Словарь американских идиом

  • gut feeling — deep internal perception, inner sense …   English contemporary dictionary

  • (a) gut feeling — a feeling that you are certain is right, even if you cannot explain why. My gut feeling was that she was lying …   New idioms dictionary

  • gut reaction — {n. phr.} A mental or physical response that springs from one s depths. * /My gut reaction was to get out of here as fast as possible./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • gut reaction — {n. phr.} A mental or physical response that springs from one s depths. * /My gut reaction was to get out of here as fast as possible./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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