口语学习技巧|eat one's word 食言

Eat ones word并非真的把文字吃下去，不是食言！

以前听过一个小笑话：儿子的债主拿着欠条找上门时，爸爸妈妈把欠条当面包一样吃了！

在这里Eat ones word，不是吃文字，是指收回前言，承认自己说错了话！

举例：

What he said proved wrong, so he had to eat his words.

事实证明他说错了，所以他只好收回前言。

I never thought Clare could handle^{1 this job, but I have to eat my words now.}

我一直以为Clare没办法胜任这份工作，看来我错了。