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1 eat one's words
(to admit humbly that one was mistaken in saying something: I'll make him eat his words!) ta ordene i seg igjen -
2 eat
i:t 1. past tense - ate; verb(to (chew and) swallow; to take food: They are forbidden to eat meat; They ate up all the cakes; We must eat to live.) spise, fortære, ete- eatable2. noun((in plural) food: Cover all eatables to keep mice away.) matvarer- eat into- eat one's wordsete--------fortære1) spise, ete, fortære2) ( overført) fortære, tære på• what's eating you?hva er det med deg? \/ hva er det som plager deg? \/ hva er det som feiler deg?3) etse, tære4) ( hverdagslig) smakedette smaker utmerket, dette er utmerket mat5) (om fellatio, vulgært) suge, sokkeeat a person out of house and home spise noen ut av huseteat away tære (eller etse) borteaten up with fortært av, fylt aveat in spise hjemmeeat into something ete seg inn i noe, gjøre innhugg i noe, tære på noeeat one's hat spise hatten sinhvis hun kommer i morgen, skal jeg spise hatten mineat one's heart out lengte (fortvilet) ettereat one's words ta i seg ordene sine, ta ordene sine tilbakeeat out spise ute (på restaurant)have somebody eating out of one's hand ha fullstendig overtak på noen, ha noen i sin hule håndeat something up (amer., hverdagslig, overført) sluke noe (rått)• can you believe it? The teacher ate up all that stuff about how I'd lost all my books in a firedu vil ikke tro det! Læreren slukte rått alt det der om at jeg hadde mistet bøkene mine i en branneat up spise opp, fortære, slukeeat your heart out! der fikk du som fortjent! -
3 object
I 'ob‹ikt noun1) (a thing that can be seen or felt: There were various objects on the table.) gjenstand, ting2) (an aim or intention: His main object in life was to become rich.) mål, hensikt3) (the word or words in a sentence or phrase which represent(s) the person or thing affected by the action of the verb: He hit me; You can eat what you like.) objektII əb'‹ekt verb(often with to) to feel or express dislike or disapproval: He wanted us to travel on foot but I objected (to that). innvende, ha noe imot- objectionable
- objectionablyformål--------gjenstand--------hensikt--------mål--------objekt--------sikte--------tingIsubst. \/ˈɒbdʒɪkt\/1) ( også overført) gjenstand, objekt, ting2) formål, hensikt, mening• the object of the society is to...foreningens formål er å...jeg kan ikke se hva det skal være godt for \/ jeg kan ikke se hensikten med detdet skal ikke stå på penger\/prisen spiller ingen rolle3) mål• the students started the campaign with the object of raising money to charitystudentene startet kampanjen med det mål for øye å skaffe penger til veldedighet4) ( hverdagslig) ynkelig syn, usselt syn• what an object you look in that outfit!5) ( grammatikk) objektsalary no object ( i annonse) lønnsspørsmålet er underordnetIIverb \/əbˈdʒekt\/1) innvende, ha innvendinger, protestere2) tilbakevise, trekke i tvilobject to ha innvendinger mot, protestere motikke tåle, ikke like, mislike
См. также в других словарях:
eat one's words — also[swallow one s words] {v. phr.} To take back something you have said; admit something is not true. * /John had called Harry a coward, but the boys made him eat his words after Harry bravely fought a big bully./ Compare: EAT CROW … Dictionary of American idioms
eat one's words — also[swallow one s words] {v. phr.} To take back something you have said; admit something is not true. * /John had called Harry a coward, but the boys made him eat his words after Harry bravely fought a big bully./ Compare: EAT CROW … Dictionary of American idioms
eat\ one's\ words — • eat one s words • swallow one s words v. phr. To take back something you have said; admit something is not true. John had called Harry a coward, but the boys made him eat his words after Harry bravely fought a big bully. Compare: eat crow … Словарь американских идиом
eat one's words — ► eat one s words retract what one has said. Main Entry: ↑eat … English terms dictionary
eat one's words — phrasal : to retract what one has said * * * eat one s words To take back what one has said • • • Main Entry: ↑eat eat one s words To retract what one has said, or apologize for it, usu under compulsion • • • Main Entry: ↑word * * * retract what… … Useful english dictionary
eat one's words — idi eat one s words, to retract one s statement, esp. with humility … From formal English to slang
To eat one's words — Eat Eat ([=e]t), v. t. [imp. {Ate} ([=a]t; 277), Obsolescent & Colloq. {Eat} ([e^]t); p. p. {Eaten} ([=e]t n), Obs. or Colloq. {Eat} ([e^]t); p. pr. & vb. n. {Eating}.] [OE. eten, AS. etan; akin to OS. etan, OFries. eta, D. eten, OHG. ezzan, G.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
eat one's words — verb To regret or retract what one has said. He didnt think I could do it, but I proved him wrong and made him eat his words. Syn: eat crow … Wiktionary
eat one's words — admit being wrong in something one has said, retract one s statement He was forced to eat his words after his boss proved that he was wrong … Idioms and examples
eat one's words — retract what one has said, especially in a humiliated way. → eat … English new terms dictionary
eat one's words — phrasal to retract what one has said … New Collegiate Dictionary