humble pie

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A pie made from the offal of deer or hog. countable,dated,uncountable
  2. Humility, being humble. countable,idiomatic,uncountable
    — Talking of piemen, humble-pie before proud-cake for me. This notion of being lone and lofty is a sad mistake.

词形变化

humble pies plural humble-pie alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
eat humble pie
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词源

The expression derives from umble pie, the original name of the offal meat pie, considered inferior food. In medieval times the pie was often served to lower-class people. Although "umbles" and the modern word "humble" are etymologically unrelated, each word has appeared both with and without the initial "h" after the Middle Ages until the 19th century.
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