英语词汇“humble pie”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

hum′ble pie′,

humility forced upon someone, often under embarrassing conditions;
humiliation.
[Obs.]a pie made of the viscera and other inferior parts of deer or the like.
Idioms eat humble pie, to be forced to apologize humbly;
suffer humiliation:He had to eat humble pie and publicly admit his error.

1640–50; earlier phrase an umble pie, erroneous for a numble pie; see numbles

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humble pie n

(formerly) a pie made from the heart, entrails, etc, of a deer
eat humble pie ⇒ to behave or be forced to behave humbly; be humiliated

Etymology: 17th Century: 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

单词	humble pie
释义	WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024 hum′ble pie′, humility forced upon someone, often under embarrassing conditions; humiliation. [Obs.]a pie made of the viscera and other inferior parts of deer or the like. Idioms eat humble pie, to be forced to apologize humbly; suffer humiliation:He had to eat humble pie and publicly admit his error. 1640–50; earlier phrase an umble pie, erroneous for a numble pie; see numbles Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: humble pie n (formerly) a pie made from the heart, entrails, etc, of a deer eat humble pie ⇒ to behave or be forced to behave humbly; be humiliated Etymology: 17th Century: 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
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