eat humble pie
Meaning
To admit one's faults; to make a humiliating apology.
Synonyms
Translations
tragarse las palabras
avaler son chapeau
Abstriche machen
μετανιώνω
pentire mettre de l’eau dans son vin se repentir regretter amèrementEtymology
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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