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Idiom: Eat Dirt

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eatdirt

Meanings

To submit in a meanly humble manner to insults; to eat humble pie.

Synonym of eat shit

Example Sentences

1
After losing the game, the team had to eat dirt and accept the defeat.
2
He thought he was invincible, but when he failed the test, he had to eat dirt.
3
The politician promised to lower taxes, but once elected, he made us eat dirt with increased taxes.
4
The bully picked on the weak kid until the day he had to eat dirt after being defeated in a fair fight.
5
I was overconfident in the race, but after spraining my ankle, I had to eat dirt and quit.

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