英译汉常见错误 | eat one's words 承认错误，收回［取消］前言

［例句］　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”。