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.
See also: crow, eat, make

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ibb-Medieval English
PeacePEESEnglish (Rare)
Zebulon-Biblical
Matildamə-TIL-də (English), MAH-teel-dah (Finnish)English, Swedish, Finnish
IvanČIca-Croatian
Halima-Arabic