The words that precede and follow a quotation are just as important as the quotation itself. You can think of each quote as the filling in a sandwich: it may be tasty on its own, but itâs messy to eat without some bread on either side of it.
Innermost emotional or visceral response: She felt in her gut that he was guilty. b. guts The inner or essential parts: The best part of a good car ... is its guts (Leigh Allison Wilson). 3. guts Slang Courage; fortitude: It takes guts to be a rock climber. 4. Slang A gut course.
The gut is a hollow tube that passes from the mouth to the anus. Anything that goes in the mouth and isnât digested will pass right out the other end. This is, in fact, one of the most important functions of the gut: to prevent foreign substances from entering the body.