In Kalamandalam's rendering, Bhima, after plunging his sword into Dussasana's gut, sinks his face into the wound and then looks up at us, the thick red gore streaming from his maw.
So you can imagine how my gut sank when one of the lead characters in Wayne Blair's affable and high-spirited romcom Top End Wedding arrived at Darwin airport both alone and at a romantic crossroads.
"My instant reaction is this sinking gut feeling.
And as soon as we do, we realise, with a sinking gut, that the water is crowded and treacherous – and we are lost.
"If I bought it at $200,000 and it's a steal but I had to gut it and sink $100,000 more in, my recovery is limited if there is a problem," said Matthew Weidner, a lawyer in St .Petersburg, Fla.
"Honey, do you ever get a sinking feeling in your gut … out of nowhere?" "Honey, I've been meaning to tell you something … I'm pregnant".
The sinking feeling in my gut turned to all-out panic.
These are presumably autonomic symptoms, like the sinking feelings in the gut that may accompany distress.
When my 10-year high school reunion rolled around, I had a sinking feeling in my gut.
I had the same sinking feeling in my gut today that I experienced on 9/11/2001, when I saw two planes demolish the twin towers.
Logically, I should not have a cold and sinking feeling in my gut, when I think about our bill to fight paralysis.
