| 单词 | to eat one's words |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto eat one's words c. to eat one's words: to retract in a humiliating manner. See also humble pie n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > self-abasement > humble oneself [verb (intransitive)] to eat one's words1571 humblea1592 to eat (any one's) toads1815 to eat humble pie1830 to grovel in the dust or dirt1865 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > recant or retract revoke1395 renayc1450 reclaima1475 faggot1538 recant1542 recry1568 to eat one's words1571 recall1585 unsay1585 retract1644 palinode1847 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxii. 12) God eateth not his word when he hath once spoken. a1618 W. Raleigh Remains (1644) 73 Nay wee'le make you confesse that you were deceived in your projects, and eat your own words. 1679 tr. Trag. Hist. Jetzer 35 He..began to boggle, and would fain have eaten his words. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iv. i Ye lied auld roudes,—and, in faith, had best Eat in your words. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vii. 161 Unguarded words, which, as soon as you have uttered them, you would die to eat. 1837 F. Palgrave Merchant & Friar (1844) Ded. 7 Quoting one's own books is next worst to eating one's own words. < as lemmas |
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