to eat dirt
01
to receive insults or bad treatment, especially without ever complaining
非難的
慣用句
くだけた
例
He had to eat dirt for years before anyone respected his work.
02
前言を撤回する, 前言を悔いる
to regret or feel bad about what one has said earlier
例
After seeing how upset she was, he had to eat dirt for what he said.
彼女がどれほど動揺しているか見て、彼は前言を撤回せざるを得なかった。



























