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
Moreenmaw-REEN, MAWR-eenIrish, English
Nada (2)-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
MatyÁŠ-Czech
Berker-Turkish
Mikala-Hawaiian
ElinaE-lee-nah (Finnish), e-LEE-nah (Swedish)Finnish, Swedish