1)Eat one's words
-The traitor told Bruce Lee that he would eat those words (Sick man of Asia. Dong Nga Baang Fu) if Bruce Lee lost the fight
-If I win the election, you will need to eat your word's that I am a loser.
-I may have to eat my words, but I don't think you will win this race.
Definition: To take back something that one has said, to admit that something is not true.
2)meh
-The first few songs in the album were meh
-We thought the theme park would sell, but the customers thought it was meh.
-Abigail thought the guy her mom introduced to her was meh.
Definition:
Etymology: origin come from Yiddish, it was later popularized by Survivor and Simpsons, when Lisa explains her interest in going to a themepark
Etymology: This expression was already proverbial in John Ray's English Proverbs (1670). [Second half of 1500s
3)like clockwork
-Mussolini promised all the trains will arrive like clockwork
-Misty arrives at the office every 7am like clockwork
-The assembly line runs like clockwork
Definition: with extreme regularity
Etymology: alludes to the mechanical action of a block