Rate this phrase:0.0 / 0 votes

eat humble pie

To admit one's faults; to make a humiliating apology.

Etymology:

  • The spoken phrase a numble pie was re-interpreted as an umble pie, then written as humble pie, after which the figurative meaning developed.
40 Views
Collection   Edit    

Submitted on September 01, 2009

Additional definitions for 'eat humble pie':

Eat Humble PieTo act humble or confess fault; to be sorry or bear dishonor
See them all »

Translation

Find a translation for the eat humble pie phrase in other languages:

comer pastel humilde

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Nearby phrases

Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to eat humble pie

eat intoeat for englandeat one's hateat my shortsdog-eat-dogeat awayeat for twoDog-Eat-Dog Worldeasy as pieeat one's guneat one's own dog foodeat an elephant one bite at a timeEat at Joe'sEat Crow

How to pronounce this phrase?

Discuss this eat humble pie phrase with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this eat humble pie definition to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "eat humble pie." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 21 Dec. 2024. <https://www.phrases.com/phrase/eat-humble-pie_3431>.

    Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

    Quiz

    Are you a phrases master?

    »
    The _______ must go on.
    A production
    B book
    C show
    D play

    Browse Phrases.com

    #ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ