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
Mimi	-	English, Italian
Barbour	['ba:bə]
Cyrillus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Gaz	GAZ	English (British)
Faas	FAH:S	Dutch
Aureliana	-	Italian, Ancient Roman