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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expression that means having to retract something that you have said because it has been proven wrong or because it is no longer applicable or relevant.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.
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Originally Answered: What does it mean that he/she “eat their words”?
It means to take back ( or retract) something you’ve said. It may be incorrect, or something you shouldn’t have said about someone, etc.
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Eating your own words is a lot like putting your foot in your mouth. You said something. Perhaps you made a prediction about a football game. Maybe you really stuck your neck out and said, “I don't think Robert should be part of our chess club. His mind isn't analytical enough for him to ever master this game.” You were a decent player and managed not only to convince your club mates but even to get Robert blackballed from every chess club in a 25 mile radius.
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What does “eating your own words” mean?
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I write a book about the moon, and the first sentence is this: “The moon is made of green cheese.”
You prove to me that the moon is made of rock, not green cheese.
I tear out that page, stuff it in my mouth, chew it up, and swallow it.
To generalize, it means to admit humbly that your assertion or position is thoroughly mistaken.
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Idiom –
Eat your words or swallow your words.
Meaning –
To admit that you’ve said something wrong.
This expression is used to take back or an earlier statement.
* If somebody has to eat their words they are admitting that their earlier prediction was wrong, often in a humiliating way
This is one of the Value driven idiom
* Most of the Reactive behaviour quality personalities are victims to this idiom
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If I am “eating my words”, it means I want to take back what I said because I now realize that what I said was wrong. I either realized that I made a mistake or I have been proven to be wrong.
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“What does eat your words mean?
eat (one's) words. To retract, regret, or feel foolish about what one has previously said. You think I can't get an A in this class, but I'll make you eat your words when we get our report cards!”
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“Eating your own words” is a figure of speech indicating that one has made a big error in a prediction. It means that, after being shown to be wrong, the person is enduring embarrassment or some other consequences of the error.
A related expression, “putting your foot in your mouth,” is different in that it is used when one says something that is embarrassing or blatantly inappropriate right then and there.
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About the same as the less recognized but more colorful French phrase “being roasted in your own petard.” Meaning, you offered up unsubstantiated persiflage as an answer to some question or challenge, and were (hopefully politely) shown to be in error. If you demurred quickly and backed off your assertion with humility, you are probably safe from humiliation. However, if you were militant about your position, your fall from grace is even more profound — and more amusing to those who set you straight. Thus, you are said to have “choked on your own words” or, “eaten your own words.”. Moral of th… (more)
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Originally Answered: What is the meaning of saying 'eat my words'? What type of eating is implied here?
Its metaphorical. For example, someone might say, “I'm going to beat you in this race.” Responding to that with, your going to eat your words means the other person will see that they are wrong therefore being ashamed and the statement they made before having no value
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This is a figure of speech, an imaginary idea to help to communicate the speakers meaning. No one writes words down and eats them for real. The meaning then is that you had to swallow your words. Your idea turned out to be wrong. You said that the Blue Team would win the Red Team. But the Red Team won. You were wrong. The Blue Team's hockey goalie was not as good as you thought. They lost the match. Your words were wrong. So you had to take them back. You had to eat your words..
This is a figure of speech. Some consider this slang or notan idiom..
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Originally Answered: What does “eat your words” mean?
I consider the term “ Eat your words" to be a low brow expression insinuating that you will regret what you have said. To me, it is usually said out of anger or aggression as the person who said it is determined to prove the other person wrong and if successful doing so, will have no problem making sure that person knows it. Not as often, the term can be used playfully such as in a friendly wager between friends but just as I said before, this person will be out to prove the other wrong and will most likely glute if successful.
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Originally Answered: What does it mean when someone says, “I’ll eat my words”?
People do not usually say that to themselves, and if they do, I thing it would be none verbal. But in my experience, it`s one person saying that to another person. Maybe the one who is saying it, is letting John know, for example, whatever it is, I am going to prove you wrong, and when I do, you will have eat your words!
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Originally Answered: What does it mean that he/she “eat their words”?
It means that you will prove them wrong, and they will regret what they said.
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Originally Answered: What does the American slang "eat your words" mean?
When you say that, you are telling the other person that his prediction about the outcome of events will be wrong, and that he will figuratively (as opposed to literally) have to retract his prediction (his “words”) and swallow them once the actual outcome comes to pass.
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Originally Answered: What does “eat your words” mean?
“Eat your words” generally means that you bragged about something, and the something didn’t happen. Hence. you had to eat your words.
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This expression means : ` to cancel what you previously said ` or `to go back on your original statement` . To `contradict yourself ` is also a synonymous expression. N.B. “Eating your own words “ often implies a feeling of CHAGRIN to the speaker who does not want to renege but has no choice.
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To be forced to admit that you were wrong about something..
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It means that you said something (not necessarily that you should take back), but something you absolutely have to take back.
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Originally Answered: What does ''eat one's words'' mean, and how can it be used in a sentence?
“eat one's words” is an idiom which means to take back one's words which they said in a degrading manner;example,”I said he’d never become rich,but I had to eat my words”(which signifies that he Became rich).
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Originally Answered: What does the American slang "eat your words" mean?
It’s really an interesting idiomatic expression.
“Eat your words” means“To admit that your previous statement was wrong”
Jack said John would never marry but he married last night. Now Jack would have to eat his words.
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Originally Answered: What does the American slang "eat your words" mean?
To admit that what you said was wrong.
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Having to deal with the consequences of an ill tempered outburst
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Regretting you said something after you were proved wrong in a dramatic way. For example you say, ”That guy cannot make money at all” and than someone walks by and pays him 1,000 dollars a minute later. You would be eating your words.
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Originally Answered: What does the American slang "eat your words" mean?
It is not entirely known where the idiom originated. It was, however, published in John Ray's English Proverbs (1670). [Second half of 1500s]. Source: theidioms.com
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Originally Answered: What does it mean when someone says, “I’ll eat my words”?
It means they will be forced to admit they were wrong about something. If you prove them wrong then they will eat their words. They’re probably also feel foolish or stupid. It’s humbling to eat your words because you must admit you made a mistake and people don’t like to do that if they are prideful people.
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Originally Answered: What does the American slang "eat your words" mean?
To be forced to acknowledge that you were wrong about something you said, usually in a humiliating way.
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When you eat your own words you are admitting that something you said previously was wrong.
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To eat your words means to admit you were wrong.
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Originally Answered: What does “eat your words” mean?
It means you have to take back something that you said, usually because you have been shown to be wrong.
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When you say something with audacity and then it ends up in something else or when you claim something but the results are completely different, then accepting that you were wrong in making the claim inmitially, this is when you eat your words.
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What does "eating your own business" mean?
This could mean not separating yourself from your business, thereby eating every single profit made by your business. How you can avoid that? First you have to create a separate bank account for your business. Note; money that comes into your business is not your money but your business money.
Secondly pay yourself first. You deserves to be paid a form of salary at the end of the month, and this isn’t the whole profit your business makes at the end of the month, but a fraction of it.
Whatever if left after you have been paid salary is meant for the company, to be invested back into the business.… (more)
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It means you are admitting whatever you said was wrong, a misstatement.
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Originally Answered: Can you explain the meaning of the phrase “eat your words”? Can you give some examples of this expression being used in real life?
To eat your words means you retract from your previous words or statements because you’ve spoken falsely. You made a wrong judgement or criticism so now you swallow your words.
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““Eating your own words” is an idiomatic expression which means one has to accept his faults or one has to change his faulty opinions.
Hope this is clear. God bless.
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Originally Answered: What does the American slang "eat your words" mean?
It means they are going to be very sorry they ever said those words and will want to take them back.
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Can you think of an example where you had to eat your own words?
I once baked a birthday cake. I don’t remember which letter I got. So, technically, I did not get to eat all of my words.
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This phrase applies to someone who has been shown to be clearly wrong or mistaken about something they said ( or wrote). When that person owns up to their error it is then said that “ he or she is eating their own words”. . Applies particularly to people in the public eye, such as politicians, journalists, authors and so on.
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Lets assume you said something unkind/disrespectful about a concert you were about to see with a friend. You weren’t expecting anything fantastic and verbally said so. Your friend, excited for the concert, disagreed and said, “At the end of the show you will need to eat your words when you see just how great they are.”
Eating your own words is a form of an apology.
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Eating your own words is on a par with ruing the day you said or did such-and-such, or hoisting yourself on your own petard.
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It means that the very words that your use to instruct or condemn a person may visit your own head if you are not careful.
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When someone verbally claims never to do something wrong, and then does that something wrong, they will have to ‘eat their own words,’ take back what they said in other words by eating their prior assertion. Say, a politicians says they have never lied to his constituency, and then he is caught on tape lying, he will have to eat his own words of denial.
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Originally Answered: What does it mean that he/she “eat their words”?
To admit they were wrong in what they said, or were bested in some sort of competition.
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Originally Answered: What does it mean that he/she “eat their words”?
Similar to the term, “Shove those words down your throat.” Except it means to voluntarily retract a previous statement. (As opposed to shoving which is involuntary.)
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Originally Answered: What does it mean that he/she “eat their words”?
It is a phrase applied when someone strongly maintains something that is subsequently proved wrong. Often against a counter argument or assertion. If someone says Jim could never get a first class honours degree and people ridicule Jim. Then he obtains the degree. It can be said he has” made them eat their words”
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“Eating your own words,” and “Eating crow,” are both ACTS OF CONTRITION, when, WHATEVER VILE WORDS YOU MAY HAVE USED, TO ‘CROW’ ABOUT someone else’s stupidity, turns-out to have been even STUPIDER OF YOU, TO DO!, because, their action was smart, and your words ‘crow’, have to be ‘taken-back' ‘eaten’.
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Something you said backfired in some way. Maybe you said something which proved not to be true or something turned out to be the opposite of what you thought.
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To ‘eat your own words,’ means that you’ve said something that’s turned out, or been shown to be wrong, and therefore you have to take back what you said.
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It means realizing that you have stepped far beyond decent or acceptable behaviours and wishing that you could take back the words you have said. Of course these words cannot be taken back -but how you wish they could. Acting in haste and regretting at leisure is a good proverb to remember when dealing with words spoken out of turn or in anger.
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Eating your own words. This is a commonly used phrase. It means a person was wrong but they insisted they were right in what they said. But when it was shown to them they were wrong. They had to eat their own words. Hope this helps you.
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eat your words. ; to admit that something you said before was wrong: Sam said it would never sell, but when he sees these sales figures he'll have to eat his words.
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You’ve said something, and it turns out to be wrong, so you have to take back what you said.
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If u preach to someone they better not do something because X will happen, and then they end up doing that thing. They ate there own words
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It means that the person who spoke has been proven wrong, and has to take back what they said and admit to having been wrong.
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After having made a statement regarding any subject you are found to be completely in the wrong and need to apologise to anybody who might have been slighted by your statement. You eat your own words.
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In 1st grade we had “baked” letter cookies. Kids would create a word and then eat them.
As a saying it could refer to someone who may mete out a punishment for an objectionable action and then later in time what the person said, will have to be eaten. In other words, Karma.
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Generally used to suggest that something you said previously, a strongly defended position or a previously offered strong opinion has turn out to be incorrect or completely wrong and thus causing you embarrassment.
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Thanks for the a2a. I’ve done this many times. The meaning is you have to admit you were wrong. For example: you watch a horse race. This scrawny looking horse takes his place in the line up. You say, ‘That horse hasn’t got a chance of winning’. Guess what? The horse wins. You then say, ‘I got to eat my words on that one’.
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When you eat, you consume. That is, you take in what was once outside of your body, you ingest it. When you speak your utterance leaves you and enters the outside world. In this aphorism, your speech act (words, phrases) are now thought of as a ‘thing’ existing outside your body, so if you ‘eat your own words’ you take back what was said. This might be an act of abject apology or a response suggestive of a recognition of a misspoken statement, or simply a realisation what what you said was unnecessary and out of place.
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What does “eating your own words” mean?
“Eating your own words” means to retract, regret or feel foolish for something you’ve said.
For example, you might say to someone “That will never work!”
And then the person will prove you wrong by making it work.
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So you have given your prediction in loud ringing tones to a crowd. Your prediction is false. Being an honorable person, you declare your earlier prediction was wrong, thus eating your words
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It means taking back something you said, that is, being forced to publicly admit you were wrong. They came out of your mouth, eating them is a metaphor for erasing them. Usually the phrase is used by someone who feels harmed by the words who is telling the one who spoke them that “time will tell”
“You told everyone I’d never amount to anything, you’ll have to eat those words when my new cancer treatment wins me the Nobel Prize!”
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Simply, the expression is that you have spoken about something or predicted something without facts and data. And later, when the truth is revealed, you must “eat your words,” or in other words, correct yourself and change your position.
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Blaming another person for their dishonest and, or dishonorable acts and omissions when you are equally as guilty of committing and omitting those acts and omissions yourself. In other words behaving like a hypocrite.
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If your words were like food, consider that you may, one day, have to take the same criticism you served to another. If you served it with bitterness you will have to remember the bitterness when you made someone else eat them, when you now have to eat them yourself.
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It means that after making some statement or accusation that you think is absolutely true, you are proven wrong .To eat your own words is to admit you were wrong about something.
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To make someone ‘eat their words’ means to prove them wrong, or to call out their hypocrisy, for example
”You can’t make that jump.” Mike said.
”Get ready to eat your words Mike.” Called Bobert.
Bobert cycled to the edge of the canyon at full speed, or really, as fast as you can go on a unicycle. He was in the air for 0.387951 of a second before he plummeted 3,000 feet and scraped his elbow. Just the one. Nothing else.
In this example, Bobert was unable to make Mike eat his words by proving Mike right, he could not make the jump…on his first try. ;D
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It is a reference to having to acknowledge that you have provably lied or made some claim or boast and have visibly failed to fulfill that claim or boast.
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It means your circumstances have required that you do something that you previously strongly said you would never do or say.
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Not literally eating words (wouldn’t taste very nice)
It means to admit that something you said before was wrong
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eat your words: to admit that something you said before was wrong: “Sam said it would never sell, but after he saw the sales figures he had to eat his words.”
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”Comerte tus propias palabras”… That situation in which you later realize that you were completely wrong and you would like to get back, to step back, and erase or “eat” all you said because you are ashamed and regertful of it.
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What does “eating your own words” mean?
Figurative, Idiomatic.
When we make a statement that later is proven untrue or inaccurate.
Eating = retraction
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When you say something that backfires on you or unexpectedly and unfortunately comes true. Something that you will be very sorry for.
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I think it depends on the situation when I learnt English I used to be very shy and I couldn't open my mouth widely when I spoke and the teacher would say stop “eating your own words” as in open your mouth when you speak but it mostly means an irony like when you tell someone not to do something or he'll face it's consequences and you do it and you have to face the consequences as an irony.
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Ah! English idioms. First, don't look at the literal meaning but at the metaphorical meaning. To eat one's words is to try to dispose of or replace or hide something one has said and now regrets saying.
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Eating your own words means to acknowledge you’re wrong, or having someone prove it much to your disdain.
This mostly happens after you have made a big stink about how right you are, what you can do, or openly misjudging someone or thing.
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It is an expression that means you have to take back (eat) the words you said because what you said was wrong.
For example, ‘I know I said my wife is always late. But now I have to eat my words because here she is, right on time.’
Or, another example: ‘I said my dog is very friendly and loves everyone. But now i have to eat my words because she growled at you and bared her teeth.’
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It means you were caught having said something: a comment or a prediction, for example, with some force, which subsequently turned out to be entirely false or erroneous. You would feel humble and wish you hadn't said it. Eating your words would help, but isn't possible - they remain said however much you would prefer them unsaid!
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“Eating your own words” is slang for admitting that something you said previously has been proven incorrect.
”Brian told me the new model would never sell, but it’s sold out already. He’ll have to eat his words!”
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Either what you said or wrote has been shown to be incorrect, or fallacious, and you have to rescind.
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Sandeep, I’m surprised you did not first go to google to find an easy explanation to your question, as my answer will be virtually identical. Nevertheless, here is my response: “Eating your own words” means admitting something you said previously was incorrect.
Here’s an example: “I said you’d never finish the half-marathon, but I was wrong.”
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It means you were very wrong about something, and you tried to convince everyone you were right. Then everyone found out that you were wrong. So now you have to apologize, you are eating your words back! Another saying for the same thing, is to eat crow!
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If you preach about something and you say ”I would never do that”. Then later on in life you do the exact same thing, that you said you would never do. You’re eating your own words, I always say never say never.
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It is used either as an expression of defiance or regret.
For example if somebody told you you were a useless student, who would never be able to get a decent job, and you were determined, by your efforts, to prove them wrong you might say, ”I'll make him eat his words!” meaning, I'll make him regret saying that.
If you had said something negative about somebody else and then they surprised you by behaving completely differently to how you had characterised them, you might say “Well, they made me eat my words” (they had embarrassed you - or even pleasantly surprised you - to the extent that you … (more)
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It simply means that you have made a statement or a promise in good faith (or bad) and these turn out to be wrong and you wish you had never made them so you are metaphorically made to eat your own words
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It means you’ve made a statement, usually unkind/unpleasant about someone/something and have been proven wrong thus having to ‘take back’ what you said - eat your words
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It means saying something you would never ever do, but eventually ending up doing it consciously or subconsciously.
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Admitting that something you said before was wrong:
Example:
Simon said Eliud Kipchoge would never achieve his 1:59, but when he saw it on the screen he had have to eat his words.
I hope this helps Mr. Patil.
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Having to contradict what you have already said.
Also called “walking back what you said”.
You can also deny your own words by saying they were hypothetical or that you were joking, or that you were quoting somebody’s lie intended to distract everybody from the great things you have accomplished.
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To admit that something you said before was wrong:
Sam said it would never sell, but when he sees these sales figures he'll have to eat his words.
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When you issue a statement that is then shown to be wrong, and you are made to retract that statement, you have been made to “eat your own words", — even if they “stick in your throat!”
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“You are going to eat those words” means “you are going to be proven to be very wrong.” It is usually used when someone makes a judgement or a prediction.
I am not sure I have heard the phrasing that includes “your own” before “words.”
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You said something you should not have, you said something not factual, you said something only perceptually as your personal impression and opinion, now, you must re-assses that which you said.
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Eating your own words is a euphemism for making the words you have said disappear, and references that maybe now they have become distasteful because they have been proven wrong.
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It's almost the opposite of ‘I told you so'. A person has said something (generally negative about another person's abilities) and they have been proven wrong and therefore forced to ‘eat their word's’, i.e. take them back, retract the statement.
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Google answer.
eat your words. to admit that something you said before was wrong: Sam said it would never sell, but when he sees these sales figures he'll have to eat his words. Admitting & confessing.Oct 16, 2019
Cambridge Dictionary | English Dictionary, Translations & Thesaurus › ...
EAT YOUR WORDS | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary
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If words were actual physical things that came out of your mouth, and you wished that you had not put them out there, you might wish you could reverse the process and ‘eat’ those words. So, to “eat your words” means to deeply regret saying them, often with the sense that they will be proven to be false or your having said them will result in hurt to you, or both.
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Here’s a definition I found for you:
eat (one's) words
To retract, regret, or feel foolish about what one has previously said.
You think I can't get an A in this class, but I'll make you eat your words when we get our report cards!
After my negative prediction for the season, I certainly ate my words when the team started out undefeated.
See also: eat, word
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
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It typically means that after you say something, the opposite happens. It happens when you make a claim, such as “you couldn't have passed that test,” and the person you're talking to received their test back with an A+.
Essentially, you are proven wrong after you say something.
Hope this helps!
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When something comes back to haunt you: for example, if you boast how good you are at something or make a prediction and it transpires that you don't do as well as you claimed (lose to your opponent) or your prediction was off from what happened.
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To eat your own words means that you have to admit that something you said before was wrong.
Scenario example: John told his mom that he can survive without her, later he comes back to her asking for food. His mom says “Finally had to eat your own words?”
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Idiomatic expression indicating the need for profound regret following an egregious mistake, reflective of earlier pronouncements. Words can come back to haunt us, especially our own, when they’re proven to have been wrong or ill-advised.
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It just means that you admit to others something you said has been proven wrong.
It also suggests that you should be embarrassed to have to make that admission. Perhaps you ignored others’ opinions because you were so sure you were right, or made fun of their thoughts only to find they were right.
Sometimes people who are right make fun of others who don't deserve it by using this phrase. If you had a different opinion, they might want to embarrass you, or make themselves appear smarter by pointing out your error. It's best just to be able to laugh off this phrase, admit an error, and move on.
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It means, regretting or having some unwanted effect happening from saying something, being the opposite of what was intended to happen.
(That is why, as a writer, I always choose my words carefully to acheive their full effect upon the world. I’m starving.)
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You’ll have to take back what you previously said after you learn more. Example: “The Earth is round, definitely.” Then you actually do some fact finding, read what astronomers and astrophysicists and astronauts say, look at photos and realize you were wrong. Then you eat your own words by saying, “After educating myself, I see that I was wrong. The Earth is ROUND.”
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What does “eating your own words” mean?
To admit that something you said before was wrong.
eg. John said before the game that ‘we didn’t have a hope of winning’. We won the match and he'll have to eat his words.
To admit you are wrong and own up to it.
Admit and confess.
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When you make a strong statement or express a strong opinion and it proves out wrong, especially if as a result of your own action(s), it calls upon you to “eat your own words.”
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When you have made early pronouncements about someone or something that are later proven to be unfounded, unrealised or plan false and you need to acknowledge being wrong.
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“Eating your own words” is an idiom for being forced to admit you are mistaken, typically from having stated something that is incorrect.
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It means you wish you could take back what you said because what you said is now coming back to bite you in the a••. Now you regret what you said.
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A politician predicts that he will win by a landslide, but loses by one, is said to eat his own words. His prediction is totally opposite to the result.
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The phrase means to "come back to haunt you."
E.g.: "Several years ago my best friend Tom lent me a very large amount of money, but we did not have any paperwork. And then he died. I think he said I did not have to repay him until 2025."
"In any event, he never would have sued me for the money."
P.S.: "In 2020, his estate sued me…"
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“eating your own words” is symbolic way of indicating that, for the sake of society-in-general, you accept, as your-own, whatever ill-affects resulted from your words or actions, because, they were wrong,
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This is a common American/English idiom. If you, for example, say that you are going to beat someone at a game, and your friends says back to you, “You are going to eat your own words,” he means that he is confidant he will beat you, instead. He could gave said, “You are bragging. You do not know how good I am at this game. I will beat you, certainly.”
You will wish that you could have take back your bragging about winning before the game starts. You wish you hadn’t said those words; or that you wish that you could put the words that “spilled out of your mouth,” back in your mouth (and “eat the… (more)
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It most likely means that the person feeding is being proven against her previous conviction; or admitting to have believed in the contrary.
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This phrase means being in a situation where you have to accept/admit that you were wrong. Example: “You said you’d have the job finished yesterday but you’re still at it so I guess you’ll have to eat your own words.”
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To regret a statement, be forced to admit it was wrong.
“When I said the blind man couldn’t play the piano, I had to eat my own words. He was brilliant at it.”
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“Eating your own words” means to take back what you said previously, usually because you were embarrassed or proven wrong.
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It depends on the context and situation in general. But overall, I’m pretty sure it’s something along the lines of saying something and later that turning out not to be true. For example: Sally said I won’t pass the test, but when the grades came in, she had to eat her words, because I got a 90% score on the test.
It could very well be applied to something that hasn’t happened yet. For example: Sally said I won’t get a new phone for my birthday. She’ll have to eat her words when I will get that phone.
It’s all context. But I hope this helped. I fact checked this on google.
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What is nutritious and beneficial for others is also good for you so to consume more is to proliferate and inspire others, what does not follow this order is soon forgotten.
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“Eating your own words” means they turned out to be inaccurate or embarrassing and that yet you have to swallow them again (like vomit).
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It means admitting you were wrong or the words you said were wrong. If you said, “the weather will be sunny today" but it rained instead you would have to eat your own words because you were wrong.
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Facing the consequences by testing what you yourself said and finding them false. To take back what you said but involuntarily.
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You say anything wasn't very nice.,. and then another people will think that you ARE the nasty person for saying next to nothing?! :-E
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If you assert or claim or predict something which is later shown to have been wrong, another person may think you should acknowledge that fact.
They may say, “Take it back!" (ie show that you no longer agree with what you had asserted before).
“Taking back words" into the mouth they came from is likened to eating them, in this witty expression, which is often heard as a wry comment on hearing the original bold prediction: “He’ll have to eat his words!”.
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“Eating your own words” means :
You will regret the words you said.
For instance:
Someone wishes for bad things to happen to someone they love. They will eat their own words, if that said “someone” were to pass-away.
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You say something that you later regret - so that you have to eat your words by saying what you said was a mistake.
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Your words have been proven to be so absorb, that to save face you must eat those words. As quickly as possible so nobody else has to experience the disgust of hearing them.
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I am not sure why, but we have compared admitting a wrongly held opinion or statement to being forced to eat something unpleasant. We have the phrase of eating humble pie or of eating crow. Since it is one's own words being retracted, we use the metaphor of eating the words.
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Eating your words mean that you have to admit that you were wrong.
It’s like eating your words, never to be seen again those words because you admitted it.
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Sandeep Patil, thank you,
I haven’t really heard the phrase and would perhaps need some more context.. However, this strongly reminds me of an native american proverb which says ‘You eat what you kill’ which can in fact be likened to the teaching of Christ ‘Judge ye not lest ye be judged’ or the eastern teachings on karma..or the ‘you reap what you sow’.. that is, according to my take. Hope this helps?
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Forced to admit and regret your actions and words. Something you said and now realise you were wrong. It has now come back to bite you.
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Hello there Sandeep.
It means that you have offered an opinion or said something that has not proven to either be true or has failed to come true and you have to withdraw what you said. E.g. you may have said that the Springboks will never beat the English in the Final of the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. Then the Springboks end by demolishing the English team. You will have to “eat your words” or take them back with chagrin or embarrassment.
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To have to admit that something you said was wrong, especially a prediction.
“I told everyone the Steelers would win the superbowl this year, UT had to eat my words when they didn't even get to the playoffs. “
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It is to not articulate what you say. I.e. to not enunciate clearly.
You basically swallow some of words because they are inaudible, not enunciated clearly, or just mumbled.
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Wrong to take back like the same phrase sticking your foot in your mouth, only rating your own words is like swallowing pride because it’s the wish to take back what you said but instead you have to eat and swallow in what was said in the first place
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It usually means that you've said something that you later were embarrassed to have said or regret saying at all. The phrase “You'll eat those words” is often used as a threat meant to intimidate or scare someone by another.
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It means one day you will be embarrassed about what you said. usually a prediction that does not turn out the way you predicted.
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eat your words definition: 1. to admit that something you said before was wrong: 2. to be forced to admit that you were wrong…
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I told everyone “ he will never make it to the top” now that he is a world champion I am eating my own words.
I hope my answer is helpful to you and perhaps deserving of your upvote. Happy writing. ;
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I'm not sure but it might mean that what you (previously) said might be used against you.
Example:
A: She stole my phone!
B: Are you sure? Aren't you the phone thief? I got cctv camera footage that you were rummaging my bag and got something.
A: ….. (she/he basically became guilty of the crime that he/she blamed on others. He/she ATE HIS/HER OWN WORDS)
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That means that you make a false statement or an outright lie and get caught at it. Therefore you have to eat your own words because they were wrong
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It means that what you forced others to believe in is totally wrong and they will prove it at your face. Thus,
“I'm telling you that you're totally wrong and I'll see to it that you'll eat your own words.“
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Eating your own words means you goofed up on something / said something wrong.
So to “eat your own words” means you're admitting you were wrong!!
The words you speak today could be the words you eat tomorrow.
It's like, “l told you so” l said this to someone who thought I wouldn't make the honour roll & proved him wrong!
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That you made a terrible monumental mistake in some pronouncement of yours
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It's usually related to someone saying something boastful or challenging.
“We're gonna beat you! We'll blow you right off the field!”
“Oh yeah? We're going to make you eat those words! It's you that'll limp off the field!”
An associated phrase is “Make your words soft and sweet, for tomorrow you may have to eat them.”
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It means to be proven wrong. If someone says, “I’ll make you eat your own words” it’s like saying “I’ll prove you wrong”.
We call these idioms, so it’s a common idiom, which can use something unlike to describe a different or unrelated action. Think of it as a visual metaphor.
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Eating your own words,is to admit what you said turned out to be inaccurate.Yoe will have to swallow those words away!!!;
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Its kind of another way of saying that karma will get you, you will receive punishment from fate, if that makes sense.
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It means, you have had a certain opinion about a certain subject and you defended your opinion as if it was the only true answer. however, somebody comes up with another answer that proves to be more accurate that your, so you will have to withdraw your answer and accept that the other answer is better one. This in a nutshell is eating your own words.
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When someone boasts, or threatens, we, the people who are in opposition to him, determine to make him eat his own words. This means to do to him what he said he was going to do to us.
This is similar to other idioms, old and new:
beat him at his own game
teach him a lesson he won’t forget
show him where to get off
clean his clock for him so he can see what time it is
make him think twice before he does that again
and others I can’t think of now.
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If you eat your own words, it means deeply regretting something you have said, as it was obviously mistaken and wrong.
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Swallowing our own words!!! ‘’To eat your own words’’ simply means to accept that you have said something miserable.
For example- They think we can’t compete with them - I’ll make them eat their words.
Hope it helps!!
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To take back what you said (Especially ion a humiliated way)
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The expression “eating your words” is a figure of speech, illustrating taking prior statements back from whence they came.
After telling Joe why he would fail, I had to eat my words: Joe succeeded so brilliantly.
The addition of “own" is unfamiliar, doesn't change the meaning, but, being redundant, seems to weaken the figure
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To admit what you said earlier was wrong.
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Eat your words or swallow your words mean – to admit that you’ve said something wrong. This expression is used to take back or an earlier statement. If somebody has to eat their words they are admitting that their earlier prediction was wrong, often in a humiliating way.
My teacher told me that I would fail all of my final tests. I’m going to make him eat his words!”
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“Eating your own words" meanswhen you have said something you should not and have to take back your words
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If one has made a b boastful statement and made some commitments that one cannot fulfil , or has wrongly criticised or praised someone , which is later proven to be wrong , then one is said to be made to eat his own words .
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“eating your own words” means not expressing your full views or not telling the whole complete things. Keeping some secrets inside, not telling the whole truth.
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Eating your own words is a phrase used to admit that what you said earlier was wrong. That means when one said something, which he/she later on realises, is wrong so needs to change the statement accordingly.
Eg: I never thought Somya would be any good at this job, but I've had to eat my words.
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In my own opinion, I think eating your own words means the same as lifting a rock and smashing it in your own foot.
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It means to Admitting & confessing or we can say admit that something you said before was wrong..
Anuradha said it would never sell, but when she sees these sales figures she'll have to eat her words.
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It means that you have said that something is a certain way or that it will turn out a certain way. Then in the course of time, it is proven to be the complete opposite. So, you will have to “eat your own words" , that is to admit that you (your words) were wrong and untrue.
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If you state something to be a truth and then you find out you are wrong. Then you have to eat your own words.
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This means taking back what you said. The image is that the words that come out of your mouth, are going back into your mouth.
In other words, you accept and agree that what you had said was incorrect or unjust or for some other reason should not have been said.
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Idiom – Eat your words or swallow your words. Meaning – To admit that you’ve said something wrong. This expression is used to take back or an earlier statement. If somebody has to eat their words they are admitting that their earlier prediction was wrong, often in a humiliating way.
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Saying something, which you can't do or follow.
But here is the problem. What if a person has developed very solid values and convictions, much before they ever touched the pen and was always living from those values?
Then, they themselves become the epitome of those values. In such cases, not even 'one letter' would come out of place. So, the person has to explore-
Are they practising what th...
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one of the stories I heard about this phrase which I think is particularly apt is that it comes from one of Shakespeare’s plays where a letter is baked into a pie and the author forced to eat them as an act of humiliation. I must research it further.
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something you said in a boastful manner has to be withdrawn in a groveling manner. Other sayings are ‘eat humble pie’, accept you are ‘hoist on your own petard’ and ‘eat your hat’
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When someone makes what you have said sound redundant and make you wish that you never said what came out of your mouth to begin with .
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Let’s say you told someone you would never shop in a store owned by Mr. Smith. A big sale is on and it expires tonight at 9:00 p.m. You really want to get that IPad at that $250 sale, so you go in the store to buy it. Oh, oh. Mr. Smith owns the store. So now you’re eating your own words.
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It means that you regret/deny to have said something, that your words are being twisted in a way you didn’t foreseen and you don’t want to support.
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It means to take back something one has said, to retract a comment or a statement. It’s a tacit acknowledgment that one is wrong about something one has said.
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It usually means that you have said something you’d very much like to take back - to NEVER have said - but there they are - spoken. Now you’ll have to “eat your words”, so to speak. In other words, they will have to be “put back in your mouth.”
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It means you have made a fool of yourself. You have said something which great conviction and then discovered you were wrong. It’s a great humbling experience but does no lasting harm. Hillo
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Thanks, Sandeep, for the A2A.
What does “eating your own words” mean?
This idiom is (like so many idioms, perhaps in every human language) a metaphor. Its fundamental meaning is ‘to admit that something one said before was wrong,’ or, more specifically, ‘to retract what one has said, especially in a humiliated way.’ Here the metaphor of eating offers a particularly vivid — and, yes, humiliating — image for that retraction.
Similar/related idioms, also based on the eating metaphor, are to eat humble pie, and (principally in USA English) to eat crow.… (more)
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It means you were wrong, so you had to “take back” what you said. Imagine the words disappearing back into your mouth as if you were making them unsaid.
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You say something
It turns out to be wrong
As a result- you regret saying things which means eat your own words
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‘When you have said something & been proved to be wrong’
Admitimg that something you said earlier was wrong.
Displaying an act of humility like ‘eating humble pie’
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It means if you say something most people dislike, you will be forced to 'taste' them. So unless you like sour taste, keep your words sweet but not sachrine!
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It means realising that something you have talked about with confidence was completely wrong. You apologise deeply to everyone involved and this is “eating your own words”.
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Eating your words means to admit that you've said something wrong. For example, if somebody has to eat their words they are admitting that their earlier prediction was wrong, which is often embarrassing.
For example, if I said “I will get full marks on the exam paper because I’m the best”, and it turns out that I get 96% and someone else gets full marks, to admit that I was wrong, I would be eating my own words.
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Another saying that is similar in meaning is “to be served humble pie". Take back what you have stated, take back those words, eat those words that came out of your mouth. Generally this is a very humbling experience and one may expect a loss of face and respect.
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“That scatter-brained boy can’t concentrate on anything. If he manages to graduate from high school, I’ll eat my words.”
“She won the lawsuit that her senior partners said was a loser and made them eat their words.”
It means you regret saying something, or something you said or predicted turned out not to be true.
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Basically think carefully before speaking to quickly you may have misunderstood or misjudged and regret that while apologizing for error especially if used harsh words !
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Making it KNOWN that something you said earlier was wrong.
Example:
“Last week I said that I really love riding the ferris wheel. I rode one today. But, it made me feel sick. I hated it. So now I am “eating my own words.”
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How I have heard that term used is when someone says something that they later regret saying it, for example when they are proved wrong, then he will be said “to eat his own words.”
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It means a statement you make that you believe to be true is proven false and you have to retract it. Such as Joe marries Jane and you say I give it six months. They remain married five years and counting. Eating your own words would mean taking back the original statement, admitting you were wrong.
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Eating you own words means that you were wrong about something and you have to publicly admit it. It is similar to other phrases:
Eat crow, and eat humble pie
I think it stems from the concept that words come out of our mouths. If we have to retract or recant, we “eat our words” in the process. Of course, it's not literal, but we have to “put the words back where they came from”. In theory, it makes us be responsible for our words and we should think before we speak.
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That’s when you have to walk back something you said.
For example:
“Hydrochloroxine will cure Covid”
“Uhm, a bunch of people had adverse health effects from that”
“Hey people, I am sorry, but I made a mistake when recommend Hydrochloroxine. I am sorry that information got out before it was properly vetted” (;This is the eating your words part).
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Thank you for asking. If you make a statement and then, later, realize you were incorrect. That is what it means.
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The phrase, “eating your own words” means to admit that something you said before was wrong and you have to take the words back.
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When you say something “emphatically”..
Like..”I will NEVER get married again!”…
Well,guess what…you find a great partner and get married!!
So you live to “eat your words"..when you say that you'll
NEVER do something…its kinda like the Gods set out to prove you wrong…
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It means to either take back an earlier statement , or it means you'll regret your earlier statement ( someone is going to prove you wrong if you told them they're probably incapable of doing something ).
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When a person says something that ends up not being true, the saying is that they “eat their own words,” as in they wish they could take back what they said.
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“You will regret having said that.” Someone is referencing to another how wrong they were in whatever situation.
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It means acknowledging the fact that a view or opinion you (strongly) asserted has turned out to untrue. [Often, the opposite has been demonstrated, and the critical aim of your original assertion now points at you.]
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Hi,
You said something stupid and now have to recant your words. A way of expressing this is, “Take your words back,” but when referring to another, you can say, “Now you have to eat your own words.”
Also, if you are a threatening person and someone insults you, you can say, take those words back, or the threat, I will make you eat those words. But this is old, old school.
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It means: whatever you said was wrong and something has happened to prove that.
person 1: ”Why did you order so much food? You can’t eat 4 burgers”?
person 2: “You’ll be eating your words when I finish in about 45 minutes”
person 2 eats all four burgers making person 1 “eat their own words”
** The FOOD analogy was completely coincidental- sorry.
Namaste, Amy
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Eat your words or swallow your words. Meaning – To admit that you've said something wrong. This expression is used to take back or an earlier statement. If somebody has to eat their words they are admitting that their earlier prediction was wrong, often in a humiliating way.
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It means having to backtrack on what you have said and also implies a level of humiliation. The current sitting POTUS just doesn't quite get the concept.
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Each time I share the scriptures with others, I in return, eat my own words- meaning ; I practice what I preach- I practice living the very same things that I share with others. If I tell others not to steal, I do not steal. I do the same thongs that I encourage others to do.
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Essentially, this means you have said something that later you are going to wish you hadn't said. More specifically, you have made a promise or a prediction, and before long, it has been revealed that you were totally mistaken. Now to have to own up and tell everyone involved that you are sorry, and may have to take back what you have said. That is eating your own words.
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It means having to live with the negative consequences of having said something that you believed would work in your interest, but ended up being a bad choice in the end.
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A variation-
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.
Eat your/my hat- might be the penalty if the unlikely occurs and you are wrong
Eat your heart out- jealous
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It basically means you’ll have to live with the consequences of saying something wrong or regretful.
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In a sense, when someone insists on being right about what they claim or suggest to know but then they are completely wrong about the the entire matter, they will be “eating their words.”
In other words the person was inescapably wrong in their claim or knowledge they have to then eat their words and be rid of them forever.
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The meaning of”eating your own words”, is that something you said was expected to happen, didn't come true in the results of being manifested, but ended up being completely different than what you thought about,in whatever it was that you said in the first place. Eating your own words is a type of rebuttal that brings about a feeling of contrition.Therefore you have to be ”eating your own words”, for something that was mistakenly thought and said. Often to the chagrin,or humorous delight of yourself and others who are interested or involved, for any number of reasons… .
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Say something that you regret— harsh, insulting, incorrect, or “too much information.”
Then say “I am sorry I should not have said that/ I was wrong/ I did not mean it/ I was just (stressed by something and had misdirected outburst).” (Eating your own words. Also called “eating crow.” The birds taste terrible, I have heard.)
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This is a figure of speech that indicates how people often go back on their statements when other people direct the same criticism/statement at them.
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Eating your own words! Reep what you sow! It basically means you will have to suffer what your words said ..whatever you said may come back to haunt you! I dont know basically youll see your wrong.all these senerios may fit.
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Originally Answered: Why do people say "eat your words"? What does this mean exactly? Is there any origin of this phrase/idiom?
That means, “don’t let your words leave your mouth because they may not be what you really want to say.”
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What does the phrase you are what you eat mean?
The food that you eat affects your health, your energy level, your mood, even your behavior. If you choose to live off twinkies and Big Macs you will live a different kind of life than someone who limits his sugar intake and is careful about getting proper nutrition. What you choose to eat determines how the raw potential that you were born with develops into a complete human being. It literally defines you.
The older you get, the more this is evident. Damage that we do to ourselves at 20 may not show up until our 50’s or later, because at 20 you’re so healthy it doesn’t matter. Things like cho… (more)
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What does “eat your vittles” mean?
“Vittles” is a variant of the older term “victuals”, a now-obsolete term for food. So, basically, “eat your food”.
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What is the meaning of "eating one's own cooking" and "eating one's own words"? What are some examples of these phrases being used?
Eating one's own cooking is more enjoyable than eating one's own words. The cooking is more palatable than ill conceived words. Less embarrassing as well.
Words you say can't be unsaid. So before you speak, do you really need to say it? If not don't. Remember the person you spoke to has the last word. Mike.
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I was eating fruitcake and my co-worker said, "You are what you eat!" What does he mean exactly?
He may be telling you you are consuming too much sugar. Some people let their kale chips go to their heads and feel they have the right to comment on everyone’s eating habits.
When I encounter one of them, I smile and say yes, I’m rich and sweet.
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English (language): What does "eating your own dogfood" mean?
I've seen a pet food manufacturer, on a talk show, eat the product (pet food) to determine how good it is (Please don't try this).
Often, early versions of software, have that gross factor.
You can take that a step further and check if companies use their own products, e.g., does Google use Gmail.
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What does “I could eat you up when you..” mean?
Thank you for not sharing what you do to provoke such sentiments, Emma. After all, this is a family forum.
The expression is a mildly amusing, mildly discomfiting conflation of two kinds of carnality: meat-eating and physical beauty - which often means sex. If it is ever applied to small children, the perpetrator would be an aunt who bends down to leave wet kisses on her victim’s cheek.
Uncles never use this expression on small children, reserving it for women who are visually hot, or otherwise delectable. We men are an inferior species. Food and sex are all we live for, and sometimes we get the… (more)
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What is the meaning of "eat like a novel"?
I have never this little aphorism until this moment but venture to guess that it means a novel, as opposed to a short story is a long and complex process that requires fifty to seventy thousand pages. If one to eat in this manner I suppose it would mean in many slow and long bites that are well masticated to a digestible state.
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What is the meaning of "eat like a novel"?
I’ve never heard this said so I’m guessing. Sometimes we speak of readers devouring a book, reading it quickly / greedily not putting it down until they have finished it, like a hungry person shovelling food into their mouths. A novel is a lengthy work of fiction that usually weaves a story of some complexity with the characters and their situations etc. (Think of Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace’ - though that’s extreme) How would you describe a meal of a novel? Lengthy, filling, separated foods on the plate but composing one meal? Would you eat it all in one sitting, talking your time to enjoy every… (more)
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What does it mean to eat your feelings?
Swallow your pride, eat your words, keep it to yourself, all these sayings revolve around the same basic principles. This doesn't mean bottle up your emotions. Basically the way I picture this is if you feel something or someone is wrong or something is bothering you, and it annoys you or angers you etc, don't go voicing your opinion. For example, if a girl sleeps with multiple men and dresses in as little clothing as possible and she strikes you as being the typical definition of a slut, yet she is your best friends sister, if you value their friendship you probably won't go around spreading … (more)
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What does “swallow your face” mean?
those glasses are going to swallow your face meaning they are too big, or as writen in the Kissing Book, you want to make sure they don’t try to swallow your face.
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What does it mean to eat your feelings?
For me it means to swallow your sensitivities toward something. As if you have to keep the feelings to yourself without being able to reveal it. Anything that creates the uneasy feeling in your stomach. For example, it could be your friends treating you like a doormat but you know if you scream in their face, let out all of the anger that have been bubbling for a long period, you may end up alone. Or, when your friend refuses to hang out with you during the weekend because she already planned a date with her boyfriend. Although her boyfriend is total garbage and obnoxious and all this time, yo… (more)
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What does “eat your vittles” mean?
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Means you are watching The Beverly Hillbillies.
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What does “know thyself on your own word” mean?
That's easy
Know your limits - challenge them
Know your value - do not accept less than that
Know your abilities - hone them and learn to add to them
Know your position - political, religious and ethics. And be ready to defend them with facts.
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What does it mean to live in one's own words?
That means if you promise something, keep that promise and carry out that promise into action. People who are morally strong only they can live up to that and also, it increases and lead others to believe that you are trustworthy.
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What does “they ate all of it” mean?
Usually it would mean they consumed, as in eating, the total amount of something present. “The cake was large, but they ate all of it.”
Another way “ate it" is used means that they absorbed the cost, with connotations that they would not normally expect the full cost. “The misprint on the price, $11.00 instead of the intended $12.99, wiped out the profits on that item, but the seller decided to eat the cost rather than upset the customers.”
Another use of “they ate it" refers to physical activity where the participants do an unpleasant task, usually face down or in the dirt. “The obstacles cours… (more)
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What does “I can say it or I can eat it” mean?
I can say - you owe me $20. If i don’t say it i absorb the $20 loss. You can say it or you can eat it. Applies to many situations.
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What does “owning your opinion” mean?
It means accepting the negative consequences of having that opinion.
For example, if you vocally think the last US presidential election was rigged, don’t be surprised when people don’t want to buy your shitty pillows anymore.
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What does “know thyself on your own word” mean?
Self knowledge that’s very important as nobody knows you well enough then yourself then apply this in your life to achieve your goals
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English (language): What does "eating your own dogfood" mean?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eating your own dog food, also called dogfooding, is a slang term used to reference a scenario in which a company uses its own product to validate the quality and capabilities of the product.[1]
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What does eating one's own cake mean?
It means you were hungry & it was a bloody good cake. If your lucky you'll get to eat more before the rest of the household scoff it.
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What does "I've been eating" mean?
It means “I” was eating during the time frame that was explained. “I’ve been” tells you that the action is in the past while “eating” tells you an ongoing activity. When you put them together, you will get an ongoing activity that is already a past. Magic English :)
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What does the phrase 'eat his/her own cooking' mean?
The phrase 'eat his/her own cooking' means that the person is eating the same food that they have cooked.
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What does eating one's own cake mean?
The phrase "eating one's own cake" is a metaphor meaning to enjoy the benefits of something at the expense of others.
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What does “eat your own dog food” mean?
As everyone had food to eat but if someone says that eats your own dog food it means that he is either critising the quality of food given to dog or it may be he just want to say that you don't cook well.
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What does "I've been eating" mean?
“Have been doing” indicates doing something in a past period that goes all the way to the present.
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Originally Answered: What does ''eat one's words'' mean, and how can it be used in a sentence?
A. ‘Eat one’s words’ is an idiom.
B. Its meanings are as follows:
B. 1. contradict what one has said earlier
B. 2. admit that one was wrong
C. Usage:
C. 1. My brother said that he would not pass the exam but he had to eat his words next week. ( meaning one - B 1 )
C. 2. The owner of the industry said that his industry was the best of all industries in the country but he ate his words later. ( meaning two - B 2 )
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What is "eat your own dog food"?
Eating your own dog food is a phrase that refers to the internal use of a company's own products or services in its day-to-day operations. The idea is that if the product is good enough for consumers, it is good enough for its employees to use on the job.
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What does “they ate all of it” mean?
“the whole meal/lot/portion was consumed” ( by “them”) -ALL, OF and IT are the clues here…….
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Originally Answered: What is the meaning of saying 'eat my words'? What type of eating is implied here?
No eating! It just means you have to ‘take back’ what you said as you were wrong.
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