English Idiom: Eat your words
People talk. Some don’t say much, a few speak a lot, and others say too much.
Talking is OK if what you say is correct.
When what you say is wrong, you will have to eat your words.
A few guys will never admit when they are wrong, but a man will suck it up, accept the fact he was mistaken, eat his words and move on in life.
I write this to all the people who ever said I would not succeed.
I always have, and I always will.
Those words I will never eat, but you have already eaten yours.
When I was about nine years old, my father’s best friend said I would go to jail when I was older because all kids are alike, and his son and my cousin went to jail for selling drugs off the bonnet of their car in a provincial campground.
I have never gone to jail.
Relatives said I would never finish university debt-free.
They ate their words when I graduated with a master’s and no money owing.
When I was suffering from a terrible illness, the same people said I would never travel again and never get back to Japan.
Yet here I am, happy and healthy, sitting in Wakayama, Japan, cursing the rainy season and building my business.
Always be careful about what you say and who you say it about.
I’ve noticed that the people who say things are impossible or will never happen are applying their limitations to others.
To them, I say it’s OK to second-guess yourself, but you shouldn’t second-guess me because every time you do, you have to eat your words.
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