English Explanatory Dictionary

eat humble pie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

en-au-eat humble pie.ogg

Word forms

eat humble pie eats humble pie eating humble pie ate humble pie eaten humble pie

Etymology

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.

Related words

swallow one's pride eat crow pass under the yoke
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