Gut feeling

    直觉

    Gut本意是“消化道”，那么gut feeling是什么意思呢？请看对话：

    A: Can you describe again how you discovered Robert?

    B: As soon as I came into the office at around 8 a.m., I had a gut feeling that something was wrong - and then I saw his dead body on the floor right next to his cubicle.

    Note: A gut feeling is a personal intuition you get, especially when feel something may not be right. That is, you sense something about a person or a situation, without knowing why, but you're sure what you sense is true. It is probably derived from the fact that many people experience emotions and intuitive feelings as being centerd on, or having a strong effect on, the stomach area, which is also called the gut. Interestingly, the nervous system's second biggest network of closely-interconnected neurones, after the brain, is located in this area of the body. A similar saying is to "go with one's gut."