Definitions for humble pie
hum·ble pie

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1. humble pienoun

   a pie made from the offal of deer or hog

2. humble pienoun

   humility, being humble

3. 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.

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1. Humble pie

   To eat humble pie, in common usage, is to face humiliation and subsequently apologize for a serious mistake. Humble pie, or umble pie, is also a term for a variety of pastries based on medieval meat pies. The expression derives from umble pie, a pie filled with chopped or minced offal, especially of deer but often other meats. Umble evolved from numble (after the Middle French nombles), meaning "deer's innards".Although "umbles" and the modern word "humble" are etymologically unrelated, each word has appeared with and without the initial "h" after the Middle Ages until the 19th century. Since the sound "h" is dropped in many dialects, the phrase was hypercorrected as "humble pie". While "umble" is now gone from the language, the phrase remains, carrying the fossilized word as an idiom.

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1. Humble Pie

   Humble Pie was a rock band from England, finding success both in the UK and the US. They are remembered for songs such as "Black Coffee" "30 Days in the Hole", "I Don't Need No Doctor", and "Natural Born Bugie". The original band lineup featured Steve Marriott from the Small Faces, vocalist and guitarist Peter Frampton from The Herd, former Spooky Tooth bassist Greg Ridley and seventeen-year-old drummer Jerry Shirley.

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How to pronounce humble pie?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Tessa

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How to say humble pie in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of humble pie in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of humble pie in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of humble pie in a Sentence

1. Biographer Lacey:

   Even tragedies and mistakes like Diana have been turned to the advantage of the monarchy, monarchy is only ever as good as the people doing the job. None of the family did the job very well as recently as the 1990s. Look at the depths to which it sank and the price they had to pay in terms of paying tax, getting rid of the royal yacht, eating humble pie.

2. Laura DiDio:

   It's unrealistic to expect a new iPhone-like innovation every year, apple Music may need to eat some humble pie for a while. I'm not saying they'll turn into Dell, but they may have to cut prices.

3. Frank VanderSloot:

   I ate a whole humble pie, i said, ‘I’m really sorry I’ve done this to us, to our company, to all of you—to bring this much pain to everybody and to cause all this ruckus, and I’m just . . . sorry.’.

4. Erich Pratt:

   We are excited to see Kathy Hochul finally served a plate of humble pie, and we are fully prepared to continue the fight should she again attempt to disarm the citizens of her state at a time when her party’s policies are only escalating the danger that everyday citizens face.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Humble_Pie
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humble_Pie
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=humble pie