eat crow

• [美口]忍辱； 屈服,丢脸,被迫收回自己说的话,被迫认错

eat crow的用法和样例：

例句

1. 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。
2. It is not my intention to eat my words.
   我并不打算认错。
3. 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。

词汇搭配

• eat crow [美口]忍辱