eat humble pie

短语

忍辱含垢

发音

AU

词形变化

ate humble pie eaten humble pie eating humble pie eats humble pie 三单 eats humble pie eating humble pie 现在分词 ate humble pie 过去式 eaten humble pie 过去式 eaten humble pie 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To admit one's faults; to make a humiliating apology.

    习语 不及物

词源

The spoken phrase a numble pie (a pie made from the entrails of a deer) was rebracketed as an umble pie, then written as (a) humble pie, after which the figurative meaning developed.

来源：wiktionary