czuć w kościach

Polish

Etymology

Literally, to feel in [one's] bones.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʂut͡ɕ f ˈkɔɕ.t͡ɕax/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɕt͡ɕax

Verb

czuć w kościach impf (perfective poczuć w kościach)

  1. (transitive, idiomatic) to feel in one's water (to feel the effects of something in the form of physical ailments)
    czuć w kościach starośćto feel the old age in one's bones
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) to feel in one's water (to feel or know something intuitively and with a sense of certainty)
    Synonyms: czuć pismo nosem, czuć przez skórę, przeczuwać
    Może czuła w kościach zbliżający się wynalazek kinematografu – epokę gwiazd filmowych coraz bardziej gołych?Perhaps she felt in her bones the impending invention of the cinematograph: the era of increasingly naked movie stars?

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