eat his words

基本解釋

But he's certainly had to eat his words and admit he was wrong.
但是，他現(xiàn)在不得不收回他講的話(huà)，承認(rèn)自己是錯(cuò)的了。
Several people quoted facts to prove that Harry was wrong, and he had to eat his words.
有些人引用事實(shí)證明哈里說(shuō)錯(cuò)了。因而他不得不承認(rèn)他說(shuō)錯(cuò)了。
Tom said Nancy would never succeed in her business, but after seeing her business grow, he had to eat his words.
湯姆說(shuō)南茜的事業(yè)永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)成功，可是在看到南茜業(yè)務(wù)的增長(zhǎng)以后，他不得不收回自己的話(huà)。

And now David Axelrod, forced to eat his words and suffer humiliation.
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