He wanted to make his critics eat crow.

他想迫使批评他的人们认错。

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They boasted that they could beat the new team, but they lost and had to eat crow.

他们自夸能击败那支新队，但是他们输了，只好认错。

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They boasted that they could beat that new team, but they lost and had to eat crow.

他们自夸能击败那支新队，但是他们输了，只好认错。

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In squandering his good will, West has earned many vocal detractors who would like nothing better than to see him flop and forced to eat some crow.

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