eat crow
eat crow
be humiliated by your defeats or mistakes - North American informal
In the USA boiled crow has been a metaphor for something extremely disagreeable since the late 19th century.
RELATED IDIOMS :
as the crow flies
used to refer to a shorter distance in a straight line across country rather than the distance as measured along a more circuitous road
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