eat crow To admit that one is wrong, usually when doing so triggers great embarrassment or shame. Ugh, now that my idea has failed, I'll have to eat crow in the board meeting tomorrow. I think Ellen is a perfectionist because the thought of having to eat crow terrifies her. eat See also: crow Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

eat crow 1. . Fig. to display total humility, especially when shown to be wrong. Well, it looks like I was wrong, and I'm going to have to eat crow. I'll be eating crow if I'm not shown to be right. 2. Fig. to be shamed; to admit that one was wrong. When it became clear that they had arrested the wrong person, the police had to eat crow. Mary talked to Joe as if he was an uneducated idiot, till she found out he was a college professor. That made her eat crow. eat See also: crow McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

eat crow eat dirt or humble pie . Be forced to admit a humiliating mistake, as in When the reporter got the facts all wrong, his editor made him eat crow. The first term's origin has been lost, although a story relates that it involved a War of 1812 encounter in which a British officer made an American soldier eat part of a crow he had shot in British territory. Whether or not it is true, the fact remains that crow meat tastes terrible. The two variants originated in Britain. Dirt obviously tastes bad. And humble pie alludes to a pie made from umbles, a deer's undesirable innards (heart, liver, entrails). [Early 1800s] Also see Also,. Be forced to admit a humiliating mistake, as in. The first term's origin has been lost, although a story relates that it involved a War of 1812 encounter in which a British officer made an American soldier eat part of a crow he had shot in British territory. Whether or not it is true, the fact remains thatmeat tastes terrible. The two variants originated in Britain.obviously tastes bad. Andalludes to a pie made from, a deer's undesirable innards (heart, liver, entrails). [Early 1800s] Also see eat one's words eat See also: crow The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

eat crow AMERICAN eats crow, they admit that they have been wrong and apologize. He wanted to make his critics eat crow. I didn't want to eat crow the rest of my life if my theories were wrong. Note: The usual British expression is If someone, they admit that they have been wrong and apologize.Note: The usual British expression is eat humble pie eat See also: crow AMERICAN Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012

eat crow be humiliated by your defeats or mistakes. North American informal be humiliated by your defeats or mistakes. In the USA ‘boiled crow’ has been a metaphor for something extremely disagreeable since the late 19th century. eat See also: crow Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017

eat crow tv. to display total humility, especially when shown to be wrong. Well, it looks like I was wrong, and I’m going to have to eat crow. eat See also: crow McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

eat crow To be forced to accept a humiliating defeat. eat See also: crow American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.