eat crow

== English == === Etymology === First appeared in the US in the 1870s under the form eat boiled crow. Further origin unknown. Crow meat is considered unfit for consumption, but this is true of very many animals. Compare perhaps the association of black birds with misfortune. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˌit ˈkɹoʊ/ === Verb === eat crow (third-person singular simple present eats crow, present participle eating crow, simple past ate crow, past participle eaten crow) (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. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === References === Michael Quinion (2004), “Eat crow”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN. === Anagrams === ate crow