eat crow

To eat crow implies, at its mildest, an unpleasant action since the flesh of the crow is believed to be unpalatable. As an expression, it denotes the anguish of humiliation at having to admit to wrongdoing or fallability, usually in the wake of hubristic actions or words.

To Eat Crow: What bush ordered for lunch the day after the 2006 mid-term elections

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