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eat one's words or break one's promise
In our Chinese if one broke his promise we'll say "shi yan " ,it means someone ate his words.Could I use "eat one's words" to instead of "break one's promise"?
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No, different meanings in English.
To eat ones words means that someone has been wrong about something. He said he would beat me but I made him eat his words.
To break a promise is simply not to do what you have said you would do.
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If you have to eat your words, you have to admit you were wrong, often in a humiliating way. Imagine a guy bragging about being the best player on his sports team, but then he gets cut from the team. He would have to eat his words.
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المهارات اللغوية
الصينية (المندرية), الإنجليزية
لغة التعلّم
الإنجليزية
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