Eating crow

Eating crow is a colloquial idiom, used in some English-speaking countries, that means humiliation by admitting having been proven wrong after taking a strong position. The crow is a carrion-eater that is presumably repulsive to eat in the same way that being proven wrong might be emotionally hard to swallow.

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Eating your own words" is an idiomatic expression that means having to retract something that you have said because it has been proven wrong or because it is no longer applicable or relevant. It implies that you are forced to admit that what you previously said was incorrect or that circumstances have changed, making your earlier statement invalid. It can also refer to someone being humbled by having to take back or apologize for something they previously asserted confidently. Essentially, it is a metaphorical way of acknowledging a mistake or changing one's stance on a particular issue.