"zu Kreuze kriechen" meaning in German

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally: “to crawl to the cross”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kriecht zu Kreuze",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kroch zu Kreuze",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu Kreuze gekrochen",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zu_Kreuze_kriechen<kroch,gekrochen>"
      },
      "expansion": "zu Kreuze kriechen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present kriecht zu Kreuze, past tense kroch zu Kreuze, past participle zu Kreuze gekrochen, auxiliary haben)",
      "name": "de-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "After he had loudly boasted that everywhere else they’d give an arm to have him, he had to eat humble pie and ask for his old position back.",
          "text": "Nachdem er so groß getönt hatte, er würde überall mit Kusshand genommen, musste er zu Kreuze kriechen und wieder um seinen alten Posten bitten.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to eat humble pie (humble oneself and make an apology or plea)"
      ],
      "id": "en-zu_Kreuze_kriechen-de-verb-BmlFAove",
      "links": [
        [
          "eat humble pie",
          "eat humble pie"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to eat humble pie (humble oneself and make an apology or plea)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-2",
        "idiomatic",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "De-zu Kreuze kriechen.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0f/De-zu_Kreuze_kriechen.ogg/De-zu_Kreuze_kriechen.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/De-zu_Kreuze_kriechen.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "zu Kreuze kriechen"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally: “to crawl to the cross”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kriecht zu Kreuze",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kroch zu Kreuze",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zu Kreuze gekrochen",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zu_Kreuze_kriechen<kroch,gekrochen>"
      },
      "expansion": "zu Kreuze kriechen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present kriecht zu Kreuze, past tense kroch zu Kreuze, past participle zu Kreuze gekrochen, auxiliary haben)",
      "name": "de-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German idioms",
        "German lemmas",
        "German multiword terms",
        "German terms with audio links",
        "German terms with usage examples",
        "German verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "After he had loudly boasted that everywhere else they’d give an arm to have him, he had to eat humble pie and ask for his old position back.",
          "text": "Nachdem er so groß getönt hatte, er würde überall mit Kusshand genommen, musste er zu Kreuze kriechen und wieder um seinen alten Posten bitten.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to eat humble pie (humble oneself and make an apology or plea)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eat humble pie",
          "eat humble pie"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to eat humble pie (humble oneself and make an apology or plea)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-2",
        "idiomatic",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "De-zu Kreuze kriechen.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0f/De-zu_Kreuze_kriechen.ogg/De-zu_Kreuze_kriechen.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/De-zu_Kreuze_kriechen.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "zu Kreuze kriechen"
}