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database is a comprehensive collection of all the American idioms and slang available.
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eat crow
What does eat crow mean? | to admit that one is mistaken or defeated | Our boss was forced to eat crow when the figures that he presented at the meeting were wrong.
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eat crow
What does eat crow mean? | to admit that you are mistaken or defeated | Our boss was forced to eat crow when he discovered that what he had said was totally wrong.
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eat crow
What does eat crow mean? | to admit that one is mistaken or defeated, to take back a mistaken statement | I was forced to eat crow and apologize for the things that I had said about my co-worker.
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eat crow
What does eat crow mean? | to admit that you are mistaken or defeated |
Our boss was forced to eat crow when he discovered that he was totally wrong.
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eat crow
What does eat crow mean? | to admit that you are mistaken or defeated |
Our boss was forced to eat crow when he discovered that he was totally wrong.
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eat crow
What does eat crow mean? | to admit that one is mistaken or defeated or wrong |
Our boss was forced to eat crow when the figures that he presented at the meeting were wrong.
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eat crow
What does eat crow mean? | to admit that one is mistaken or defeated, to take back a mistaken statement |
I was forced to eat crow and apologize for the things that I said about my coworker.
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dead end
What does "dead end" mean? | the end of a road, an impasse |
The negotiations between the players and the owners have reached a dead end.
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Look on the bright side
What does "Look on the bright side" mean? | If you look on the bright side, you try to see things in an optimistic way, especially when something has gone wrong. |
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pick up (someone)
What does "pick up (someone)" mean? | to take someone to the police station, to arrest someone | The police picked up the man for drinking and driving.
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fall back on (someone or something)
What does "fall back on (someone or something)" mean? | to seek help when other things have failed |
The woman had to fall back on her father when her business began to have problems.
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go off (somewhere)
What does "go off (somewhere)" mean? | to leave/depart for somewhere | My friend went off on a trip and did not say good-bye.
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talk (someone's) head off
What does "talk (someone's) head off" mean? | to speak too much | The woman beside me in the bus talked my head off during our journey.
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chickens come home to roost
What does "chickens come home to roost" mean? | someone`s words or actions come back to cause trouble for him or her | The man was very mean to other people when he was supervisor. Now his chickens have come home to roost and people are very unkind to him.
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Man of letters
What does "Man of letters" mean? | A man of letters is someone who is an expert in the arts and literature, and often a writer too. |
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