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Revision as of 13:02, April 7, 2008
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".[1]
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- ↑ Bartleby.com New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition, 2002.