eat humble pie

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === === Verb === eat humble pie (third-person singular simple present eats humble pie, present participle eating humble pie, simple past ate humble pie, past participle eaten humble pie) (idiomatic, intransitive) To admit one's faults; to make a humiliating apology. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== swallow one's pride eat crow pass under the yoke === Further reading === “humble”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “Eat humble pie”, in BBC Learning English‎[3], BBC, 4 November 2014.