papersun87 Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Hopefully I haven't used it in the wrong context accidentally . . . but I don't think I've used it, period. "Eat crow." What's it mean? Quote Link to comment
Drowning_in_the_Sea_of_Red Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 It's like, saying you were wrong about something... Like if I said before the season started that Notre Dame would go undefeated because they are teh awesomez... I would be "eating crow" right now because I was way wrong... Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Plus I'm sure crow tastes like crap... Quote Link to comment
papersun87 Posted October 1, 2007 Author Share Posted October 1, 2007 Ahh, yes. I thought it was something like that. Thanks, guys. Quote Link to comment
AR Husker Fan Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 And the origin... Quote Link to comment
slacker Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 And the origin... Well that doesn't tell you very much, geezzz, let me have a go at this one... It means to be forced to do something extremely disagreeable. One of my very dorky hobbies is etymology. That phrase comes from the 1812 war, basically an American soldier was hunting on British territory, he shouldn't have been. He shot a crow, which a British officer heard. The officer got ticked off, tricked the American out of his weapon, and then told him he couldn't have his weapon back until he took a bite out of the crow he shot as punishment. He took the bite, gross.. The British officer gave him his weapon back, but tricky tricky, the American then forced the officer to eat the rest of the crow, double gross.. Crows aren't good eat'n by the way, especially raw. Quote Link to comment
AR Husker Fan Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 And the origin... Well that doesn't tell you very much, geezzz, let me have a go at this one... It means to be forced to do something extremely disagreeable. One of my very dorky hobbies is etymology. That phrase comes from the 1812 war, basically an American soldier was hunting on British territory, he shouldn't have been. He shot a crow, which a British officer heard. The officer got ticked off, tricked the American out of his weapon, and then told him he couldn't have his weapon back until he took a bite out of the crow he shot as punishment. He took the bite, gross.. The British officer gave him his weapon back, but tricky tricky, the American then forced the officer to eat the rest of the crow, double gross.. Crows aren't good eat'n by the way, especially raw. Ah - the rest of the story! I'll have to bow to your obvious experience in eating raw crow. Quote Link to comment
papersun87 Posted October 2, 2007 Author Share Posted October 2, 2007 Sounds like the Wiki page needs an update. Quote Link to comment
huskernumerouno Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 And the origin... Well that doesn't tell you very much, geezzz, let me have a go at this one... It means to be forced to do something extremely disagreeable. One of my very dorky hobbies is etymology. That phrase comes from the 1812 war, basically an American soldier was hunting on British territory, he shouldn't have been. He shot a crow, which a British officer heard. The officer got ticked off, tricked the American out of his weapon, and then told him he couldn't have his weapon back until he took a bite out of the crow he shot as punishment. He took the bite, gross.. The British officer gave him his weapon back, but tricky tricky, the American then forced the officer to eat the rest of the crow, double gross.. Crows aren't good eat'n by the way, especially raw. Ah - the rest of the story! I'll have to bow to your obvious experience in eating raw crow. Quote Link to comment
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