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
Nthanda	-	Southern African, Tumbuka
Bilyana	-	Bulgarian
AslÖG	-	Swedish
Doris	DAWR-is (English), DO-ris (German)	English, German, Croatian, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Leif	['li:f]
Castle	['ka:sl]