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
DavideDAH-vee-deItalian
Chalchiuhticue-Aztec and Toltec Mythology
Frieda['fri:də]
Baldovino-Italian
Imran-Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Malay, Bengali
Allanaə-LAN-əEnglish (Rare)