| whowatches |
10-20-2003 05:43 PM |
Can someone grab me some utensils so I can eat my crow?
Thought this was interesting. I always wondered where the phrase came from.
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What about the expression eating crow, meaning accepting what one had fought against? As one tale has it, that phrase has its origin in a wartime hunting exchange between a trespassing local hunter and an enemy army officer. Supposedly, the local man shot a crow on enemy lands. The soldier first tricked the hunter into handing over his weapon, then forced him at gunpoint to take a bite of his own crow to teach him a lesson.
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http://www.m-w.com/wftw/01jan/010901.htm
Dawg, you take yours like a man.
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