to eat dirt

Definitie en betekenis van "eat dirt"in het Engels

to eat dirt
01

to receive insults or bad treatment, especially without ever complaining

to [eat] dirt definition and meaning
disapproving
idiom
informal
Voorbeelden
I ate dirt when I stumbled and fell in front of everyone during the dance performance.
02

zijn woorden inslikken, spijt hebben van zijn woorden

to regret or feel bad about what one has said earlier
to [eat] dirt definition and meaning
Voorbeelden
After my negative prediction for the season, I certainly ate dirt when the team started out undefeated.
Toen hij zag hoe overstuur ze was, moest hij zijn woorden inslikken.
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