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to eat crow

  • 吃乌鸦:在执着的立场被证明错误后承认并感到羞辱。乌鸦是食腐动物,吃乌鸦可能在情感上难以接受,就像被证明错误一样。该习语的确切起源不详,但可能始于1850年左右发表的一篇关于一个愚蠢的纽约农民的美国故事。

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  吃乌鸦

吃乌鸦To Eat Crow 乌鸦是不祥的预兆。The crow is a bird of ill omen.

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  自己给自己丢脸

... T Crow Eat Crow 乡土摇滚 To eat crow. 自己给自己丢脸 E eat crow 由于夸大其词或过分自信 ...

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双语例句权威例句

  • A person who is in the habit of talking big often has to eat crow in the end.

    一个习惯于夸夸其谈最后还是收回自己的话。

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  • They boasted that they could beat the new team, but they lost and had to eat crow.

    他们自夸击败那支但是他们输了只好认错

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  • They boasted that they could beat that new team, but they lost and had to eat crow.

    他们自夸击败但是他们输了只好认错

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  • In squandering his good will, West has earned many vocal detractors who would like nothing better than to see him flop and forced to eat some crow.

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