small voice
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6.3
- noun
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voz interior
- A small voice within me told me I had tried my best to help people realize with words what we should do, but not enough are listening.
- the small voice said
- hears the small voice
And then listen to your still small voice and you will get an answer.
- And then listen to your still small voice and you will get an answer.
- Is there ever a small voice in the back of your head that says, you know what?
- But and yet there's a still small voice that tells them that this is not true, that that's my belief.
- If we get still, if we listen to our soul right, we get a knowing, an intuition, a still small voice, a gut feeling.
- I had this still small voice rise U in me and start telling me the word teacher.
Examples
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And then listen to your still small voice and you will get an answer.
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During difficult decisions, I try to listen to that small voice guiding my conscience.
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But it's like that still small voice inside.
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Is there ever a small voice in the back of your head that says, you know what?
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God speaks to every one of us with His "still small voice."
Blog text (26) -
Many times people refuse to listen to the still small voice inside them telling the difference between right and wrong, so that they can go with whatever they are feeling.
Blog text (26) -
Yesterday, a small voice inside J.B. had told him to let bygones be bygones.
Fiction book (2001) -
Often, I ignore the small voice inside me that encourages me to do the right thing.
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Whenever I feel uncertain, a small voice whispers to trust my instincts.
Synonyms
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4.6
An inner feeling that tells you what is right or wrong and makes you feel guilty
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6.3
An inner feeling that tells you if something is right or wrong
A quiet inner feeling that tells you when something is wrong
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Surface Forms
Morphology
small + voice
The phrase combines literal meanings ('small' = quiet/soft, 'voice' = a speaking sound) but its use to mean an inner conscience is a metaphorical extension rather than a straightforward composition. Similar 'inner/little voice' metaphors exist in many languages, so the relation is partly obvious but not fully predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
The phrase small voice comes from the simple image of a quiet whisper inside your head, a small voice that tells you what is right or wrong. That's why it means the 'inner feeling' or 'conscience' that quietly guides or warns you.