| 单词 | humble pie |
| 释义 | humble pie n. Idiom: A pie formerly made from the edible organs of a deer or hog. eat humble pie To be forced to apologize abjectly or admit one's faults in humiliating circumstances. [Alteration (influenced by HUMBLE) of obsolete umble pie : Middle English umbles, edible animal organs (variant of numbles, from Norman French nombles, from Old French, loin of veal, probably from alteration of Latin lumbulus, diminutive of lumbus, loin) + PIE1.] |
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