Last Updated :2025/11/19

eat crow

Verb
US idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
自分が誤っていたことを素直に認める、または、屈辱的な失敗を認めて譲歩すること
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計画が失敗すると自信満々に予測していた彼は、それが成功し、しかも皆の期待を超えたとき、非を認めざるを得なかった。

present singular third-person

participle present

past

participle past

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(chiefly US, idiomatic) To recognize that one has been shown to be mistaken or outdone, especially by admitting that one has made a humiliating error.

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eat crow

After confidently predicting the plan would fail, he had to eat crow when it not only succeeded but exceeded everyone's expectations.

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After confidently predicting the plan would fail, he had to eat crow when it not only succeeded but exceeded everyone's expectations.

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