go back on one's own words

go back on one's own words

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Z ì sh í Q í y á n, which means that it doesn't count and doesn't keep its promise. From Shangshu Tang Shi.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] eat one's words and be fat, break one's promise and be treacherous

The origin of Idioms

"Shangshu · Tang Shi" says: "I believe it, I will not break my promise."

Idiom usage

It's used as predicate, object and attribute. If I come back today to answer the imperial edict, it's time. The second volume of Ming Dynasty Feng Menglong's Xingshi Hengyan.