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  1. eat humble pieverb

    to admit one's faults; to make a humiliating apology

  2. 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.

Etymology and Origins

  1. Eat Humble Pie

    In the days of sumptuous banquets of venison the lords of the feast reserved to themselves the flesh of the deer. The huntsmen and retainers had to be content with the heart, liver, and entrails, collectively called the “umbles,” which were made into monster pies.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of eat humble pie in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of eat humble pie in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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