eat one's words (言葉を食べる)

Idiom Promise

意味

to admit that what one said was wrong

自分が言ったことが間違っていたと認める (jibun ga itta koto ga machigatte ita to mitomeru)

例文

"He had to eat his words after breaking his promise."

"彼は約束を破った後、自分の言葉を食べなければならなかった。" (Kare wa yakusoku o yabutta ato, **jibun no kotoba o tabenakereba naranakatta**.)