eat+humble+pie
21humble pie — n. [earlier umble pie < umbles, entrails of a deer < ME noumbles: see NUMBLES] Historical a pie made of the inner parts of a deer, served to the servants after a hunt a pie made of the inner parts of a deer, served to the servants after a… …
22Humble pie — To eat humble pie, in common usage, is to apologise and face humiliation for a serious error. Humble pie, or umble pie, is also a term for a variety of pastries, originally based on medieval meat tripe pies. Etymology The expression derives from… …
23humble pie — noun Etymology: humbles 1. a. : a meat pie formerly made of the inferior parts of a deer and served to the huntsman and other servants b. : a meat pie made of the humbles of a hog 2. [influenced in meaning by humble ( …
24humble pie — 1. humility forced upon someone, often under embarrassing conditions; humiliation. 2. Obs. a pie made of the viscera and other inferior parts of deer or the like. 3. eat humble pie, to be forced to apologize humbly; suffer humiliation: He had to… …
25humble pie — [17] Until the 19th century, humble pie was simply a pie made from the internal organs of a deer or other animal (‘Mrs Turner did bring us an umble pie hot out of her oven’, Samuel Pepys, Diary 8 July 1663). Humble has no etymological connection… …
26humble pie — [17] Until the 19th century, humble pie was simply a pie made from the internal organs of a deer or other animal (‘Mrs Turner did bring us an umble pie hot out of her oven’, Samuel Pepys, Diary 8 July 1663). Humble has no etymological connection… …
27humble pie — n. (forced) to eat humble pie * * * (forced) to eat humble pie …
28humble pie — hum′ble pie′ n. humility forced upon someone; humiliation • eat humble pie …
29humble pie — /hʌmbəl ˈpaɪ/ (say humbuhl puy) phrase eat humble pie, to be humiliated; be forced to apologise humbly. {from the archaic word umbles, referring to the offal of animals hunted for their meat. Servants of lower rank ate pie made from offal while… …
30humble pie — noun Date: 1830 a figurative serving of humiliation usually in the form of a forced submission, apology, or retraction often used in the phrase eat humble pie …
