Eat crow.
Eat crow.
“Eat crow”是一个表示被迫承认错误并感到羞愧的习语。这通常发生在当某人过于自信,最终发现自差错或失败。例如,如果某人在辩论中坚持错误的观点,之后被证明是错误的,他们可能不得不“eat crow”。
John had to eat crow after wrongly blaming his friend.
约翰误怪朋友后不得不承认错误。
After predicting the wrong outcome, the expert had to eat crow in front of his colleagues.
预测错误结果后,这位专家不得不在同事面前认错。
She said public transport was unreliable but had to eat crow when she realized the new services were excellent.
她曾说公共交通不可靠,但后来发现新服务非常好,只好认错。