eat humble pie

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English - Turkish
tükürdüğünü yalamak
kibri kırılmak
(deyim) burnunu sürtmek
hatasını itiraf etmek
kibri kırılmak, burnu sürtülmek; kabahatini itiraf edip af dilemek, tükürdüğünü yalamak
burnu sürtülmek
yanıldığını itiraf etmek

Related Terms

make smb. eat humble pie
burnunu sürtmek
to eat humble pie
burnu sürtülmek
English - English
to admit one's faults; to make a humiliating apology
admit that one has done something wrong and apologize, be apologetic
eat humble pie

    Hyphenation

    eat hum·ble pie

    Turkish pronunciation

    it hʌmbıl pay

    Pronunciation

    /ˈēt ˈhəmbəl ˈpī/ /ˈiːt ˈhʌmbəl ˈpaɪ/

    Etymology

    () The spoken phrase a numble pie (a pie made from the entrails of a deer) was re-interpreted as an umble pie, then written as (a) humble pie, whereafter the figurative meaning developing.
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