eat your words
US /iːt jʊər wɜrdz/
UK /iːt jʊər wɜrdz/
成語
1.
收回自己的話, 承認說錯了
to admit that something you said earlier was wrong, especially when you were boasting or very confident
範例:
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He said I couldn't do it, but I'll make him eat his words.
他說我做不到，但我會讓他收回他的話。
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After the team won, the critics had to eat their words.
球隊獲勝後，評論家們不得不收回他們的話。
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