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汉语拼音：zì shí qí yán

不守信用，说了话不算数。

• 【解释】：指说了话不算数。
• 【出自】：《尚书·汤誓》：“尔无不信，朕不食言。”
• 【示例】：我若今日复出应诏，是～了。
  ◎明·冯梦龙《醒世恒言》卷二
• 【语法】：主谓式；作谓语、宾语、定语；含贬义

• Michael, I'm really embarrassed that I have to eat my own words. The money I expected to receive last week didn't arrive.

  麦克，这回我不得不自食其言了。我真是感到非常难为情。我估计上个星期能收到一笔钱，但是没有到。

• You promised to help, you must not back out now.

  你答应过要帮忙的，你不应该自食其言。

• He always makes easy promises but quickly goes back on his word.

  他乱许诺，却又很快就自食其言。

• Keep your words soft and tender because tomorrow you may have to eat them.

  保持言语温和，说不定明天你就自食其言。

• Hilter soon went back on his word and attacked Poland.

  希特勒不久就自食其言，向波兰进攻。

• ve learned that one should keep his words both soft and tender , because tomorrow he may have ti eat them .

  我明白了一个人应该小心翼翼地遵守自己的诺言，因为也许第二天他就要自食其言了。

• Mr. Reagan was breaking his campaign promise to end the earlier embargo imposed by President Jimmy Carter

  里根先生自食其言：他在竞选时曾允诺要取消吉米·卡特总统早先实行的禁运措施。