# eat one's hat

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/eat-ones-hat
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

Used in a result clause to express disbelief in a proposition expressed in a conditional clause.

## Examples

- If he actually wins the race, I will eat my hat.
- I am so sure that the project will succeed that I will eat my hat if we fail.
- Should the notoriously stubborn politician ever admit he was wrong, I would gladly eat my hat in the middle of the town square.

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