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  1. 01-Oct-2011, 15:50 #1
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    Hello, can you explain the following expression about the crow bones on the table, please?

    "Search Google for 'politician resigns', and you'll find a parade of ignomity.Now search Google for 'CEO apologizes' and you'll find a pile of crow bones on the plate with Toyota, BP, Citigroup, Chrysler and even NPR on the table. " source: Public Parts by Jeff Jarvis
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    Start by Googling the phrase "Eating Crow", and I think you'll begin to understand.
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    Eat crow - Idiom Definition - UsingEnglish.com
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    Eat crow - Idiom Definition - UsingEnglish.com
    If you eat crow, you have to admit that you were wrong about something.

    Ah, that explains why I was unfamiliar with the expression.
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    Default Re: crow bones on the plate

    Thank you all, it is pretty clear now
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