eat humble pie

English

Etymology

The spoken phrase a numble pie (a pie made from the entrails of a deer) was re-interpreted as an umble pie, then written as (a) humble pie, whereafter the figurative meaning developing.

Verb

eat humble pie

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) to admit one's faults; to make a humiliating apology

Translations

External links

• humble in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913