| 释义 |
eat one's words also swallow one's wordsv. phr.To take back something you have said; admit something is not true. 收回前言;承认错误。◆ John had called Harry a coward, but the boys made him eat his words after Harry bravely fought a big bully.约翰说哈里是胆小鬼,但在哈里勇敢地与一个流氓搏斗过以后,男孩子们迫使他收回了前言。 |