“eat one's words”不是“食言”

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Chase ate his words in public. [误译] 蔡斯公开食言。 [原意] 蔡斯公开承认错误。 说明:eat one's words(动词短语)意为“承认错误”、“收回[取消]前言”。 食言可以用:break one's word