sixth sense
Meaning: A feeling, intuition or premonition not based on one of the five senses: sight, hearing, taste, touch, or smell.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: The expression originates from the idea that, whereas everyone is born with the five senses of sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell, some people seem to have an additional sense that enables them to perceive events or things that others cannot. SKELETON IN THE CLOSET {FAMILY SKELETON} an event in one's past or family that is embarrassing and that one would prefer to keep secret The expression suggests something undesirable that is hidden away in the closet but that one cannot get rid of.
More idioms — Food & Drink
- spill the beans — To reveal a secret.
- square meal — Full and well-balanced meal.
- take the cake — To outdo; to exceed normal behavior; metaphorically, to win the prize.
- upset the apple cart — To disturb the status quo; to shake up the existing situation.
- Tomber dans les pommes — Suddenly losing consciousness — possibly derived from the older expression 'être dans les…
- Avoir la moutarde qui monte au nez — To be getting angry.
More English idioms
- albatross around one's neck — Something or someone that is a burden and difficult to get rid of.
- armed to the teeth — Well-equipped with weapons.
- go back to square one — Return to the beginning.
- go back to the drawing board — Return to the planning stage of a project.
- have one's back to the wall — To be in a difficult or desperate situation.
- back-seat driver — A person who gives driving orders when he/she is not the driver.
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