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The expression "to eat '''humble pie'''" means to admit an error and apologize, showing contrition. It is an [[idiom]] that originally referred to a literal [[pie]] called an umble pie, ''umble'' being an old word for offal. A phrase with a similar meaning is "to eat crow".<ref>[http://www.bartleby.com/59/4/eathumblepie.html Bartleby.com] New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition, 2002.</ref>
'''Humble Pie''' was the name of a [[rock and roll|rock]] band active in the 1970s, whose members included [[Steve Marriott]] and [[Peter Frampton]]. Their most successful album was 1972's ''Smokin' ''.<ref>http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll</ref>
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