to eat dirt
01
to receive insults or bad treatment, especially without ever complaining
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Disapproving
Idiom
Informal
أمثلة
Tomorrow, he will eat dirt if he insists on challenging the experienced chess player.
02
to regret or feel bad about what one has said earlier
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أمثلة
After my negative prediction for the season, I certainly ate dirt when the team started out undefeated.
