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humble pie
humble pien. A pie formerly made from the edible organs of a deer or hog.Idiom: 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) + pie.]humble pie n 1. (Cookery) (formerly) a pie made from the heart, entrails, etc, of a deer 2. eat humble pie to behave or be forced to behave humbly; be humiliated [C17: earlier an umble pie, by mistaken word division from a numble pie, from numbles offal of a deer, from Old French nombles, ultimately from Latin lumbulus a little loin, from lumbus loin]hum′ble pie′
n. humility forced upon someone; humiliation. Idioms: eat humble pie, to be forced to apologize. humble pie
humble pieAn admission that one is wrong, usually when it triggers great embarrassment or shame. The phrase derives from an actual "humble pie": a pie made from unpalatable animal parts, usually those of a deer. Ugh, now that my idea has failed, I'll have to eat humble pie in the board meeting tomorrow. I think Ellen is a perfectionist because the thought of having to eat humble pie terrifies her.See also: humble, piehumble pieA meek admission of a mistake. The “humble pie” that we eat when we make a misjudgment or outright error was originally “umble” pie made from the intestines of other less appetizing animal parts. Servants and other lower-class people ate them, as opposed to better cuts. “Umble” became “humble” over the years until eating that pie came to mean expressing a very meek mea culpa. A similar phrase is “eat crow,” the bird being as unpalatable a dish as one's own words.See also: humble, pie |