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Have you heard any of these two expressions? | Idiom: Grass is always greener

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#1 (permalink) Thu Jul 07, 2005 9:17 am Eat your words?

What does this idiom mean: to eat one's words?

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#2 (permalink) Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:12 am Meaning of 'eat one's words'

If you eat your words, you admit that you were wrong. _________________ Test Of English for International Communication TOEIC Preparation & TOEIC Vocabulary

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#3 (permalink) Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:27 am To eat humble pie

There is also the idiom to eat humble pie...

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