feeling (that something is the case)

feeling (that something is the case)
*a feeling (that something is the case) & *a feeling about something
a premonition that [something might happen or be the case]; an intuition about something. (*Typically: get \feeling (that something is the case); have \feeling (that something is the case); give someone \feeling (that something is the case).) •

I had a feeling that you might be dropping by this afternoon.

I didn't have any facts to support it. I just had a feeling.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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