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.
(plural guts) 1  The alimentary canal, especially the intestine. ( 2 informal) The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged beer gut. ( 3 uncountable) The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc. 4  A person's emotional, visceral self. ( 5 in the plural) The essential, core parts.