acknowledge the corn

To admit to or acknowledge one's fault, shortcoming, mistake, crime, or naiveté. When they arrested me, I decided I might as well acknowledge the corn and confess to stealing the car. Especially since I was still driving it.

See also: acknowledge, corn

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

take (something) through (one's) head
at the risk of (doing something)
at the risk of doing something
youre
I hear what you are saying
I hear what you're saying
I hear what you're saying, and I hear you
I hear you
I hear you.
have (one's) head in the sand

References in classic literature

"If anything ailed me, I'd willingly acknowledge the corn."

The Emerald City of Oz

I acknowledge the corn, and that's just my way of boiling the matter down and summing it up.

Burning Daylight

ACKNOWLEDGE THE CORN Admit to being drunk, or to admit to any mistake or fault.

Can you tell your nibby from your Dick's hatband... A GUIDE TO AMERICANISMS or are you just a pumpkin head?

Long shaggy-dog stories have been concocted to explain the origin of acknowledge the corn. The most widely quoted appeared in the Pittsburgh Commercial Advertiser sometime before 1850, describing how a young man from the Louisiana countryside (a corn-cracker) arrived in New Orleans and was suckered into a big-city betting game.

Those who acknowledge the corn in newspaper reports often admit as much in so many words, as in this quote from the Philadelphia Spirit of the Times: "Your honor, I confess the corn.

Getting bowzered in early America

词组	acknowledge the corn
释义	acknowledge the corn acknowledge the corn To admit to or acknowledge one's fault, shortcoming, mistake, crime, or naiveté. When they arrested me, I decided I might as well acknowledge the corn and confess to stealing the car. Especially since I was still driving it. See also: acknowledge, corn Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: take (something) through (one's) head at the risk of (doing something) at the risk of doing something youre I hear what you are saying I hear what you're saying I hear what you're saying, and I hear you I hear you I hear you. have (one's) head in the sand References in classic literature "If anything ailed me, I'd willingly acknowledge the corn." The Emerald City of Oz I acknowledge the corn, and that's just my way of boiling the matter down and summing it up. Burning Daylight ACKNOWLEDGE THE CORN Admit to being drunk, or to admit to any mistake or fault. Can you tell your nibby from your Dick's hatband... A GUIDE TO AMERICANISMS or are you just a pumpkin head? Long shaggy-dog stories have been concocted to explain the origin of acknowledge the corn. The most widely quoted appeared in the Pittsburgh Commercial Advertiser sometime before 1850, describing how a young man from the Louisiana countryside (a corn-cracker) arrived in New Orleans and was suckered into a big-city betting game. Those who acknowledge the corn in newspaper reports often admit as much in so many words, as in this quote from the Philadelphia Spirit of the Times: "Your honor, I confess the corn. Getting bowzered in early America
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