eat one's words

Be forced to retract something one has said, as in The incumbent won easily, so I had to eat my words. This expression was already proverbial in John Ray's English Proverbs (1670). [Second half of 1500s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rolo	RAHL-o	English (Rare)
Cvetka	-	Slovene
Tyyne	TUY:-ne	Finnish
Fisher	['fiʃə]
Izrail	-	Judeo-Christian Legend
Thalia	[θə'laiə]