to eat dirt
01
to receive insults or bad treatment, especially without ever complaining
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disapproving
idiom
informal
Exempel
They ate dirt after their team lost the championship game by a landslide.
02
svälja sina ord, äta upp sina ord
to regret or feel bad about what one has said earlier
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Exempel
After my negative prediction for the season, I certainly ate dirt when the team started out undefeated.
När han såg hur upprörd hon var fick han svälja sina ord.
