eat crow
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- [美口]忍辱;屈服,丢脸,被迫收回自己说的话,被迫认错
- crow n.乌鸦;啼叫;欢叫v.报晓;啼叫;欢叫;夸口;洋洋自得
- eat v.吃;吃饭;喝
- He boasted that he could easily beat his opponent, but after his defeat he had to eat the leek.
他夸口说可以轻易打败对手,结果却给对手打败,只有含羞忍辱收回自己的狂言了。
- It is not my intention to eat my words.
我并不打算认错。
- His predictions were completely wrong, and he had to eat crow.
他的预测完全错误,他不得不认错。