eat crow
被迫收回自己的話(huà)
I think the gap between me and Roger is closing. I have a pretty good chance this time.
我覺(jué)得Roger和我的差距已經(jīng)越來(lái)越小了,我這次有機(jī)會(huì)贏 。
Yeah.I have some serious crow to eat.
我不得不收回自己的話(huà)。
The publisher predicted that Xu Jinglei's blog-turned book would be a huge hit since her blog had such amazing statistics.
出版商預(yù)言徐靜蕾的博客書(shū)會(huì)大賣(mài),因?yàn)樗牟┛鸵恢庇腥绱梭@人的點(diǎn)擊率。
They had to eat crow when they saw the number of the actual books sold.
當(dāng)他們看到書(shū)的實(shí)際銷(xiāo)售數(shù)字時(shí),只好羞愧地收回原話(huà)了。
Did you watch the Golden Globs?
你看了金球獎(jiǎng)沒(méi)?
Yes.I did. Leonardo DiCaprio lost.
看了。萊昂納多·迪卡普里奧輸了。
Ha. busted.I remember you said if he doesn't win ,I'll eat my hat!”
哈,逮到了吧。我記得你說(shuō)“如果他不贏,我就 把我的帽子吃掉!”
Well,1 thought he was the shoo-in since he had two nominations. Guess I have to eat crow now.
他一個(gè)人占兩個(gè)提名,我當(dāng)然以為他穩(wěn)操勝券啦。看樣子我現(xiàn)在只好改吃烏鴉了。