eat your words
收回之前的话或承认之前的错误
口语·被迫承认错误或收回言论
英文释义
to admit that one was wrong; to retract a statement
例句
She said I'd never succeed, but now she has to eat her words.
典故来源
源自19世纪英语，与'eat words'同源，强调因错误而被迫收回言论。