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
Clytemnestra	klie-təm-NES-trə (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Tatenda	-	Southern African, Shona
Lilla	LEEL-law	Hungarian
Paddy	-	Irish
Nayara	-	Spanish
Whitley	['hwitli]