eat your words
收回之前的話或承認之前的錯誤
口語·被迫承認錯誤或收回言論
英文釋義
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.
典故來源
源自19世紀英語，與'eat words'同源，強調因錯誤而被迫收回言論。