"humble pie" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-humble pie.ogg [Australia] Forms: humble pies [plural]
Etymology: The expression derives from umble pie, the original name of the offal meat pie, considered inferior food. In medieval times the pie was often served to lower-class people. Although "umbles" and the modern word "humble" are etymologically unrelated, each word has appeared both with and without the initial "h" after the Middle Ages until the 19th century. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} humble pie (countable and uncountable, plural humble pies)
  1. (dated) A pie made from the offal of deer or hog. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-humble_pie-en-noun-5yeFihQP
  2. (idiomatic) Humility, being humble. Tags: countable, idiomatic, uncountable Categories (topical): Pies
    Sense id: en-humble_pie-en-noun-xgDueL1L Disambiguation of Pies: 28 72 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English rebracketings, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 7 93 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 94 Disambiguation of English rebracketings: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: humble-pie Derived forms: eat humble pie Related terms: eat crow, eat boiled crow, numbles, pity pie

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