eat+humble+pie
41pie — S2 [paı] n [U and C] ↑filling, ↑pastry [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from pie magpie ( MAGPIE); because the different things in a pie are like the different things a magpie collects] 1.) fruit baked inside a ↑pastry covering slice/piece of… …
42eat crow — {v. phr.} To admit you are mistaken or defeated; take back a mistaken statement. * /John had boasted that he would play on the first team; but when the coach did not choose him, he had to eat crow./ * /Fred said he could beat the new man in… …
43eat crow — {v. phr.} To admit you are mistaken or defeated; take back a mistaken statement. * /John had boasted that he would play on the first team; but when the coach did not choose him, he had to eat crow./ * /Fred said he could beat the new man in… …
44eat dirt — Humble one s self, abase one s self, lower one s note, fall on one s knees, get a setdown, eat humble pie …
45eat crow — phrasal : to accept what one has fought against : recede from a position taken * * * eat crow , ● eat * * * eat crow american informal phrase to admit that you were wrong about something Thesaurus: to admit you are wrong or have done something… …
46humble — [[t]hʌ̱mb(ə)l[/t]] humbler, humblest, humbles, humbling, humbled 1) ADJ GRADED A humble person is not proud and does not believe that they are better than other people. He gave a great performance, but he was very humble... Andy was a humble,… …
47eat — eater, n. /eet/, v., ate /ayt/; esp. Brit. /et/ or (Archaic) eat /et, eet/; eaten or (Archaic) eat /et, eet/; …
48humble — {{11}}humble (adj.) mid 13c., from O.Fr. humble, earlier humele, from L. humilis lowly, humble, lit. on the ground, from humus earth. Senses of not self asserting and of low birth or rank were both in M.E. Related: Humbly; humbleness. Don t be so …
49humble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lowly, unassuming, modest (see humility); poor, obscure, paltry, mean. v. t. abase, shame, humiliate. See modesty, obscurity, piety. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Meek] Syn. lowly, submissive, gentle,… …
50eat — [[t]i͟ːt[/t]] ♦♦ eats, eating, ate, eaten 1) VERB When you eat something, you put it into your mouth, chew it, and swallow it. [V n] She was eating a sandwich... [V n] The bananas should be eaten within two days …
