This expression refers to having to admit you were wrong and perhaps take back what you said. "He insisted President Obama would never be elected, but once the election results came in, he had to eat his words."
It means that you retract something you said earlier because it turns out that you were mistaken. For example, if I tell my friend David that he will never pass the physics final, but he ends up doing so, I'd be in a position of having to "eat my words," or admit that I was wrong.
A verb is a word that shows an action or state of being. To spot a verb in a sentence, look for words that describe an action (e.g., run, eat) or a state of being (e.g., is, seem). Verbs are essential for conveying the action or existence of something within a sentence.
"Did you eat your beets at lunch?" - Beets is the correct homophone for this sentence, as it refers to the vegetable.
Here is an example:The boy sent a letter to the girl hoping for news. (the girl hopes for news)The boy sent a letter to the girl, hoping for news. (the boy hopes for news)Note how the addition of the comma after girl changes the meaning of the sentence.
I wanted to eat dinner.
"Eat, drink, and be merry" IS a sentence.
It means you were wrong about what you said. You have to eat your words as they were incorrect.
Let's meet at a restaurant and get a bite to eat.
To eat one's words is to admit that one's boast or claim was wrong, especially involving threatening treatment of another person. They said no one could beat them in the race, but we made 'em eat their words.
That's not an idiom. It means just what it looks like -- something is fit for you to eat.
Who are you and what do you do? You are what you eat, but you are known for what you do.
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Eat a budu
Yes, light snack is an idiom. You cannot eat a light as a snack! :)
It means that they eat everything you have in your house
Now that I've done exactly what you said I'd never be able to do I hope you are ready to eat your words.
I will not eat that last piece of pie; I will not eat that last piece of pie; I will not eat that last half piece of pie.