eat humble pie

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To admit one's faults; to make a humiliating apology. idiomatic,intransitive
    — They were good-natured enough out of their cups, and ate their humble-pie with very good appetites at a reconciliation dinner which Colonel W. had with the 44th, and where he was as perfectly stupid and correct as Prince Prettyman need be. Hang him!

词形变化

eats humble pie present,singular,third-person eating humble pie participle,present ate humble pie past eaten humble pie participle,past

词源

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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