虫むしが知しらせる

expression, ichidan verb

have a hunch; forebode; feel in one's bones

Idiomatic expression describing an intuitive feeling that something is about to happen, often negative. Literally 'the bug tells one', suggesting an inner sense or premonition.

• 虫むしが知しらせて、彼かれは急いそいで家いえに帰かえった。

  He had a hunch and hurried home.

• 何なにか悪わるいことが起おこりそうだと、虫むしが知しらせた。

  Something told me that something bad was going to happen.