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"text": "He didn't think I could do it, but I proved him wrong and made him eat his words."
},
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"text": "This time, you have to eat your words, because, like it or not, you lost."
},
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"ref": "1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter II, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, page 16",
"text": "\"Better retract that,\" she advised, \"hadn't you?\" \"Why should I?\" \"Because if you're stupid enough to remain in Bombay, I'll make you eat your words one day.\"",
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"To regret or retract what one has said."
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"(figuratively) To regret or retract what one has said."
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "承認說錯話"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chéngrèn shuō cuò huà",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "承认说错话"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "æde sine ord"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "zijn woorden terugnemen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "zijn woorden innemen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "perua sanansa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "syödä sanansa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "se rétracter"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "taka orð sín aftur"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "éta ofan í sig"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "éta í sig"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "ritrattarsi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "kairua"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "äta upp sina egna ord"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"note": "กลืนน้ำลายตัวเอง (glʉʉn-nám-laai-dtuua-eeng, literally “to gulp down one's saliva”)",
"sense": "regret something said"
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"word": "eat one's words"
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},
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},
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"text": "\"Better retract that,\" she advised, \"hadn't you?\" \"Why should I?\" \"Because if you're stupid enough to remain in Bombay, I'll make you eat your words one day.\"",
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"word": "eat crow"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "承認說錯話"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chéngrèn shuō cuò huà",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "承认说错话"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "æde sine ord"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "zijn woorden terugnemen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "zijn woorden innemen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "perua sanansa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "syödä sanansa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "se rétracter"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "taka orð sín aftur"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "éta ofan í sig"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "éta í sig"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "ritrattarsi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "kairua"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "regret something said",
"word": "äta upp sina egna ord"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"note": "กลืนน้ำลายตัวเอง (glʉʉn-nám-laai-dtuua-eeng, literally “to gulp down one's saliva”)",
"sense": "regret something said"
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"word": "eat one's words"
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