Expressions with the word BONE [part 2]

I've talked about many other expressions with the word bone in the previous post. If you haven't checked it out yet, go back to part 1 and then come back to this post. If you've done that, you must know that I started the other post by talking about the expression to be skin and bones. I said that means to be really skinny, as in: She is nothing but skin and bones. A different expression that means the same thing is "a bag of bones", as in I've lost so much weight that I'm just turning into a bag of bones. You don't say that to anybody though. The person may be offended by being called a bag of bones, so be careful not to say it to people that are not okay with their body image. Maybe a very close friend of you won't mind.

Now imagine you're a teacher [many teachers will relate to the next expression by the way]. You've spent the whole night preparing your next class, correcting previous tests and you're just excited about the new topic you'll be touching on the next day with your students. You get to the classroom, try to start your class, but students will just not stop talking. They're especially noisy today and are not willing to listen up. You're so frustrated by now that you say angrily: I've been working my fingers to the bone to be a good teacher and now you won't just be quiet? to work your fingers to the bone means to work really hard, to give the best of you to accomplish something. That expression is so common that it is considered a cliché by many.

Now let's talk about intuitions. When you were that teacher, frustrated for not being able to give your class properly, maybe you just knew your class wouldn't pay attention to you. You already knew you'd have troubles trying to explain the new topic and get them to be quiet. Actualy, the night before your class, when you were still getting ready, you felt it in your bones you'd be really stressed out the next day. But wait, you felt it in your bones? Isn't that a strange thing to say? It's actually very common to say you feel something in your bones to talk about intuitions. You say you feel it in your bones when you wanna say you have an intuition about something. Maybe you did a very difficult test and someone asks you how was it. You don't think you did well, so you say: I think I failed it. I feel it in my bones. That means you have a feeling, an intuition you failed your test. You're not sure, but you feel it in your bones. I hope this helps. Take care!