feel something on the pulse—come to feel smth. deeply through one’s own experience:
- The appointment of Sir Robert as Deputy Speaker has made me feel “on the pulse” a frustrating anomaly of our parliamentary system.
feel the pulse of something —(also: keep one’s finger on the pulse of something ) be aware of the current developments or trends in smth.:
- The investigation of the seismic waves affords the best means of feeling the pulse of the interior of the earth.