短语 | eat one's words |
释义 | eat one's words retract what one has said, especially in a humiliated way (尤指以屈辱方式)收回前言, 承认错误: they will eat their words when I win. 等我赢了, 他们就会收回前言。 eat one's wordsadmit one has been wrong in sth. one has said 收回自己说过的话   * Dick insisted the United States was larger than China but he had to eat his words when Beth showed him his map. 狄克坚持说美国比中国大,但当贝思给他看地图时,他不得不收回他的话。   * Don't boast too much. You will be forced to eat your words one day. 不要吹得太厉害,总有一天你不得不收回你说的话。 |
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