eat crow

When you finally survive the week, you don't want to end up having to eat crow pie.

这样，当你熬过了这周，你就不必自食苦果了。

A person who is in the habit of talking big often has to eat crow in the end.

一个习惯于夸夸其谈的人到最后还是要收回自己的话。

They had to eat crow when they saw the number of the actual books sold.

当他们看到书的实际销售数字时，只好羞愧地收回原话了。

Guess I have to eat crow now.

看样子我现在只好改吃乌鸦了。

His predictions were completely wrong, and he had to eat crow.

他的预测完全错误, 他不得不认错.

He must apologize and he saw that clearly enough, must eat crow, as he told himself.

他必须道歉，这他再明白不过了。他告诉自己，这次非得低下头不可。

Fred said he could beat the new man in boxing, but he lost and had to eat crow.

弗雷德说他可以击败新手，但他输了，只好认了错。

John had boasted that he would play in the first team; but when the coach did not choose him, he had to eat crow.

约翰本来夸口说他能在第一队比赛，但教练没有选他，他只好承认自己不行。

Our neighbor had to eat crow yesterday. He's been telling us what a good tennis player he is. Well, he took my12-year-old son out to play and the kid beat him three straight sets.

我的邻居昨天很丢人，他告诉我他打网球很棒，但是他和我12岁的儿子玩网球时，儿子打败了他并且三局连胜。

Our neighbor had to eat crow yesterday.

这个人说:[我们的邻居真是丢了脸.