Where does the term 'eat crow" come from?

Answer 1

To eat boiled crow is an English idiom which means to be humiliated by being proven wrong after having taken a strong position. In North America, the expression is simply to eat crow.

Origin
It is most likely an Americanization of the English “to eat humble pie.” The English phrase is something of a pun—“umbles” were the intestines and other unsavories of a deer. Pies made of this were known to be served to those of lesser class who did not eat at the king’s/lord’s/governor’s table.

Another dish likely to be served with humble pie is rook pie (rooks being closely related to crows). This may be another clue as to how humble pie became boiled crow.

In Literature
Rudyard Kipling uses this expression, which predates his birth, in his short story “The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes” (1885). Morrowbie Jukes falls into a place from which he cannot escape. Another man trapped there catches wild crows and eats them, but Morrowbie in his pride declares, “I shall never eat crow!” After days of nothing to eat, his hunger and desperation finally forces him to do what he swore he would never do— literally eat crow.

In Popular Culture
The character Daria in the MTV television show Daria is quoted as saying "I'm cooking up a delicious juicy crow tonight and thought you might like to come over for a drumstick," in a phone conversation with her boyfriend Tom, to which Tom replies "Oh, I'm not hungry, but I'll watch you eat."
In A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket, Dewey Denouement, one of the managers of Hotel Denouement, says to Hal, the chef at the hotel's Indian restaurant, of Justice Strauss, a judge on the high court, "I'm afraid she reports that we will all be eating crow," to which Hal replies, "I'm sorry to hear that. Crow is a very tough bird to cook, because the meat is very muscular from all the carrying that crows do," referring to a flock of crows who are carrying a sugar bowl to the hotel.

What is the origin of "eat crow" or "eating crow," and exactly what does it mean?
To eat crow means 'to suffer humiliation', and specifically 'to be forced to admit to having made an error, as by retracting an emphatic statement'. An example from the mystery writer "Ellery Queen" in 1930: "I should merely be making an *** of myself if I accused someone and then had to eat crow."

Crows are notoriously disagreeable birds, in every respect. Scavengers, they are not suitable for eating. An old joke among outdoorsmen holds that if you get lost in the woods without any food and manage to catch a crow, you should put it in a pot with one of your boots, boil it for a week, and then eat the boot. Eating crow, therefore, is an especially unpleasant and humiliating thing to have to do.

The expression to eat crow is surprisingly recent. It is originally and still chiefly an Americanism, first found in the mid nineteenth century. The original form was to eat boiled crow.

Answer 2

At first a person suffering from anorexia will lose weight quickly, then it will kind of plateau for a while when the body goes into 'starvation mode'. However, after a while the body gives up and begins to basically eat itself...fat, muscle etc. That's why a person with anorexia nervosa will end up being so thin. Also, you must remember that people with eating disorders (especially anorexia) will often exercise like crazy, which will quickly burn what little calories they do consume and also exercise is known to raise the body's metabolism. Hope that was helpful!

Answer 3

It supposedly started during medieval time.... And basicly what it mean that you have been proven wrong in something that you have done or said........................................ So you have to eat your own words so to speak..............