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Eliza Chau
2021-07-11 10:07
Eat (one's) shirt verb phrase
To face the consequence of one's incorrect statement after being rebutted
You will have to eat your shirt after your inaccurate boasts about your qualifications are discovered.
To take a loss after an unsuccessful or failed investment
I ate my shirt due to my failure in stock investment.
This expression implies someone should experience the same bad things they themselves have given to others.
Used when you talk about one's feelings of sadness or pain, especially because of lost love or one-sided love
To suffer massive losses in the process of doing something
Used to say one who finds something can keep it and does not need to give it back to the person who has lost it
The verb “eat” should be conjugated according to its tense.
Do you see anything wrong?
Used when something unpleasant has happened that has spoilt what you intended to do
Oh, no, that’s torn it! I’ve left my wallet at home!
