make eat crow

make someone eat crow

Fig. to cause someone to retract a statement or admit an error. Because Mary was completely wrong, we made her eat crow. They won't make me eat crow. They can't prove I was wrong.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hartwin	HAHRT-veen (German)	German, Ancient Germanic
HÉCtor	EK-tor	Spanish
Glukel	-	Yiddish
Baard	-	Norwegian
Cepheus	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Dana (1)	DAH-nah (Czech, Slovak, German)	Romanian, Czech, Slovak, German, Hebrew