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humble pie

hum·ble pie


noun 
Definition:
 
pie of animal entrails: formerly, a pie made using the entrails of a newly killed animal, especially a deer ( archaic )

[Mid-17th century. Alteration of umble pie<umbles "edible animal entrails," via French dialect nombles< Latin lumbulus "small loin"]

eat humble pie to apologize or admit you have been wrong, especially in a way that makes you feel humiliated

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