aller à Canossa
/a.le a ka.nɔ.sa/
FRANSIZCA → TR
Tanım
•to go to Canossa; make amends, to mend one's ways, to eat humble pie, eat crow
Diğer Dillerde
Almancazu Kreuze kriechen
to eat humble pie (humble oneself and make an apology or plea)
çekim: geçmiş kroch zu Kreuze · ortaç zu Kreuze gekrochen · şimdiki kriecht zu Kreuze
köken: Literally, “to crawl to the cross”.
İspanyolcatragar sapos
İtalyancaingoiare il rospo
to swallow a bitter pill · to bite the bullet
çekim: geçmiş ingoiàto il rospo · ortaç ingoiàto il rospo
eş: fare buon viso a cattiva sorte
Rusçaпроглоти́ть го́рькую пилю́лю, проглоти́ть пилю́лю
İsveççegå till Canossa, krypa till korset
to (humbly, painfully) admit a mistake, misjudgement, or the like (or give in, more generally, figuratively); to humble oneself, to eat humble pie, to eat crow, etc.
çekim: geçmiş kröp till korset
köken: From krypa (“crawl”) + till (“to”) + korset (“the cross”), in reference to a crucifix during penance. Compare German zu Kreuze kriechen.
Byggföretaget fick krypa till korset och tillstå att skeptikernas farhågor besannats
Inom tio år kommer våra konkurrenter få / tvingas krypa till korset. Alla kommer anamma vår process.
Lehçeprzyznać się do błędu, przyznawać się do błędu
to swallow one's pride (and humbly do as one is told or supposed to do)
köken: Literally, “to take the spoon into the beautiful hand”; calque of Swedish ta skeden i vacker hand
Etimoloji
From Canossa, the place where Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, did penance to reverse his excommunication.