eat humble pie

[eat humble pie] {v. phr.}

To be humbled; to accept insult or shame; admit your error and apologize.

* /Tow told a lie about George, and when he was found out, he had to eat humble pie./

* /In some old stories a boy with a stepfather has to eat humble pie./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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