They had to eat crow when they saw the number of the actual books sold.

当他们看到书的实际销售数字时，只好羞愧地收回原话了。

That Dr. Sturgis was correct and I need to eat crow and go back to him?

斯特吉斯博士说得对，我只能吃瘪然后去找他吗？

You have to " eat humble pie." There's another expression like this, which is " to eat crow" (crow).

你要“吃不起眼的馅饼” 。 还有一个表达方式是这样的，就是“吃乌鸦” （crow）。

" He was crowing about his victory on the golf course." But " to eat crow" means, in some ways, the opposite – to say that you were wrong, to have to admit that you were wrong.

“他在为自己在高尔夫球场上的胜利而欢呼雀跃。 ” 但是“吃乌鸦”在某些方面意味着相反——说你错了，不得不承认你错了。