Before revision: Black crow painted on a plate Eating crow is a colloquial idiom, used in some English-speaking countries, that means humiliation by admitting having been proven wrong after taking a strong position.Eating Crow, and other indigestibles by Michael Quinion at World Wide Words, last accessed September 2014 The crow is a carrion-eater that is presumably repulsive to eat in the same way that being proven wrong might be emotionally hard to swallow.
After revision: Eating crow is a colloquial idiom, used in some English-speaking countries, that means humiliation by admitting having been proven wrong after taking a strong position.Eating Crow, and other indigestibles by Michael Quinion at World Wide Words, last accessed September 2014 The crow is a carrion-eater that is presumably repulsive to eat in the same way that being proven wrong might be emotionally hard to swallow.