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 #2 (permalink) Wed Nov 01, 2006 6:40 am Idiom: 'a feeling in my gut' |
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1...In North America, one practically never says "a feeling in my gut"; we say "a gut feeling".
2...As far as bones are concerned, we usually say "I (can) feel it in my bones."
The weather is going to change; I (can) feel it in my bones.
I'm getting old; I (can) feel it in my bones.
So generally gut feeling refers to nonphysical things like an instinct whereas feel it in my bones refers to physical things.
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| #3 (permalink) Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:11 am Idiom: 'a feeling in my gut' |
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Hi,
I must admit 'I have a feeling in my gut' is a new one to me. I would say on this island it would be 'a feeling in my guts'.
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| #4 (permalink) Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:26 am Idiom: 'a feeling in my gut' |
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Good morning Alan,
You used in your comment the term 'on this island'. Could we use likewise the term 'on this archipelago' refering to Japan insted of using 'in'?
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| #5 (permalink) Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:32 am Idiom: 'a feeling in my gut' |
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Seems all right to me.
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| #6 (permalink) Wed Nov 01, 2006 11:06 am Idiom: 'a feeling in my gut' |
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I agree with Canadian45:
People don't normally say "I have a feeling in my gut". This would be unusual, but not wrong.
"I have a gut feeling" would be a much more typical way to say this (in North America).
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| #7 (permalink) Fri Dec 15, 2006 16:39 pm Idiom: 'a feeling in my gut' |
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Why capital H? His boss??
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| #8 (permalink) Fri Dec 15, 2006 17:30 pm Idiom: 'a feeling in my gut' |
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That's a typo, Tom. Has Torsten put you to work as a proofreader? 
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| #9 (permalink) Fri Dec 15, 2006 17:50 pm Idiom: 'a feeling in my gut' |
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Alan and Haihao, a few posts back, engaged in some interesting interplay, which got me thinking...
On vs. In
I say "on the floor"
My ex says "in the floor"
I believe that "in the floor" is incorrect.
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| #10 (permalink) Mon Dec 18, 2006 1:21 am Idiom: 'a feeling in my gut' |
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| Yankee wrote: | .
That's a typo, Tom. Has Torsten put you to work as a proofreader?
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...Since the question remains unanswered I suppose it could be taken as a joke or wit.
But it seems to me no metter how tiny a typo or error is, does it make an error finder sinnin' and an error maker divine?
Shouldn't you people pay a little respect to those trying to make things even a little better?
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| #11 (permalink) Mon Dec 18, 2006 1:30 am Idiom: 'a feeling in my gut' |
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...In the floor is possible. e.g. crack in the floor, etc.
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| #13 (permalink) Mon Dec 18, 2006 6:21 am Idiom: 'a feeling in my gut' |
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| Yankee wrote: | | I assume you must be an ESL student, which may explain your confusion with words and definitions. Giving a reason in response to a 'why' question is an appropriate way to answer such a question. Providing appropriate and correct answers to questions does not indicate a lack of respect. |
...Thank you for your compliments and nominating me to an ESL student.  I didn't say anything about who I am though, and it is irrelevant and unimportant at all as long as the language is concerned. But it comes to explain your confusion with respects for language and for yourselves. Don't you think the subject should always be a what but not be a who? Why you 'providing appropriate and correct answers to questions' with a sarcasm 'Has Torsten put you to work as a proofreader?
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| #14 (permalink) Mon Dec 18, 2006 6:35 am Idiom: 'a feeling in my gut' |
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"James" you seem to be bent on being as unpleasant as possible.
As far as I'm concerned, if you can read sarcasm into my simple question (which was even followed by a smile), then it has something to do with your own negative outlook and lack of respect for others.
Tom suddenly started posting a mountain of questions about the ESL tests, and when I realized how many questions he was posting I finally asked him the question. There is hardly anything unusual about that -- especially in view of the fact that I have answered hundreds of Tom's questions and we know each other well at this point.
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