eat humble pie

Senso (Inglese)

To admit one's faults; to make a humiliating apology.

sinonimi

eat dirt crow

eat dirt pie

eat humble crow

be sorry

show repentance

eat one’s words

Traduzioni

avaler son chapeau

tragarse las palabras

Abstriche machen

μετανιώνω

mettre de l’eau dans son vin

se repentir

regretter amèrement

berouw hebben

zich onderwerpen

Etimologia (Inglese)

The spoken phrase a numble pie (a pie made from the entrails of a deer) was rebracketed as an umble pie, then written as (a) humble pie, after which the figurative meaning developed.

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