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1 eat one's words
взять назад свои слова, взять свои слова обратно [eat one's words этим. библ. Jeremiah XV, 16]‘I beg your pardon! I never meant to hurt you. It isn't you. It isn't easy for me to eat my words,’ Mr. Treffry said wistfully... (J. Galsworthy, ‘Villa Rubein’, ch. XXV) — - Прошу прощения! Я не хотел вас обидеть. И мне очень нелегко извиняться, - грустно сказал мистер Трефри...
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2 eat one’s words
Eat one’s wordsзабрать свои слова обратноJohn was wrong about the election and had to eat his words.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > eat one’s words
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3 mince (one's) words
говорить нечётко, "жевать слова"The speaker was mincing his words and it was difficult to understand him.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > mince (one's) words
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4 mince (one's) words
говорить нечётко, "жевать слова"The speaker was mincing his words and it was difficult to understand him.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > mince (one's) words
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5 swallow one's words
глотать слова, говорить неясно, невнятноPhyllis was hard to understand because she swallowed her words. (DAI) — Филлис глотала слова, ее было трудно понять.
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6 eat one’s words
take back words брать назад словаHe had to eat his words after her report.
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7 eat one's words
взять свои слова обратноJohn was wrong about the election and had to eat his words.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > eat one's words
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8 weigh one's words
Think before you speak. Weigh your words. (P. G. Wodehouse, ‘French Leave’, ch. 2) — Подумайте, прежде чем отвечать. Взвесьте свои слова.
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9 eat one's words
взять нaзaд cвoи cлoвa, взять cвoи cлoвa oбpaтнo [этим. библ.]beg your pardon! I never meant to hurt you. It isn't easy for me to eat my words,' Mr. Treffry said wistfully (J. Galsworthy) -
10 eat one's words
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > eat one's words
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11 pick one's words
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > pick one's words
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12 deny one's words
Общая лексика: отказываться от своих слов -
13 eat (one's) words
1) Общая лексика: взять свои слова обратно2) Макаров: брать свои слова обратно, извиняться за сказанное -
14 eat one's words
Общая лексика: брать назад свои слова -
15 enunciate one's words
Общая лексика: чеканить слова -
16 fail to follow up on one's words
Общая лексика: не выполнить обещанноеУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > fail to follow up on one's words
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17 follow up on one's words
Общая лексика: выполнять обещанноеУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > follow up on one's words
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18 go back on (one's) words
Общая лексика: пойти на попятнуюУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > go back on (one's) words
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19 hang on (one's) words
Общая лексика: слушать, открыв рот (- pay great attention) -
20 mouth one's words
Общая лексика: озвучить чьи-то слова или мысли (Incha)
См. также в других словарях:
To eat one's words — Word Word, n. [AS. word; akin to OFries. & OS. word, D. woord, G. wort, Icel. or[eth], Sw. & Dan. ord, Goth. wa[ u]rd, OPruss. wirds, Lith. vardas a name, L. verbum a word; or perhaps to Gr. rh twr an orator. Cf. {Verb}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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 — 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 — • 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
mince words (or one's words) usu. with negative — voice one s disapproval delicately or gently. → mince … English new terms dictionary
swallow one's words — 1. To speak unclearly; fail to put enough breath into your words. * /Phyllis was hard to understand because she swallowed her words./ 2. See: EAT ONE S WORDS … Dictionary of American idioms
swallow one's words — 1. To speak unclearly; fail to put enough breath into your words. * /Phyllis was hard to understand because she swallowed her words./ 2. See: EAT ONE S WORDS … Dictionary of American idioms
swallow\ one's\ words — 1. To speak unclearly; fail to put enough breath into your words. Phyllis was hard to understand because she swallowed her words. 2. See: eat one s words … Словарь американских идиом
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 — idi eat one s words, to retract one s statement, esp. with humility … From formal English to slang