humble pie
nounDefinition of humble pie
: a figurative serving of humiliation usually in the form of a forced submission, apology, or retraction
—often used in the phrase eat humble pie
Examples of humble pie in a Sentence
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That ribbon was eventually revoked, and the would-be champion got a slice of humble pie instead. — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, "Green goo and ghost peppers: When fair food entries go wrong, these judges pay the price," 16 Aug. 2019 Check your ego at the door when stepping foot inside the Miami Dolphins facility because humble pie has been the meal on the menu during the first two weeks of training camp. — Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, "Kelly: Dolphins players reminded daily to ‘Get Over Yourself’ by new coach Brian Flores | Commentary," 31 July 2019 These types of plays will continue till the general elections unless Modi really eats humble pie and reaches out to the opposition. — Bloomberg.com, "Modi’s Roadblock: Parliament’s Worst Budget Gridlock Since 2000," 6 Apr. 2018 And a big serving for humble pie for some of the loudmouths on the left. — Fox News, "Ingraham: The lawlessness of the Democratic Party," 20 Mar. 2018 Coach Dye is all humble pie, just glad to be here, honored, self-effacing. — Tom Corvin, latimes.com, "Remember the Titans: Forty years after Cal State Who, Fullerton takes on Purdue," 15 Mar. 2018 If the Pacers needed a little humble pie, this game should do it. — Clifton Brown, Indianapolis Star, "3 takeaways from the Pacers' loss to the Jazz," 7 Mar. 2018 Well, these six oddities are already quite a bit of humble pie for Google Translate to swallow, but let’s forgive and forget. — Douglas Hofstadter, The Atlantic, "The Shallowness of Google Translate," 30 Jan. 2018 There may be some humble pie on the menu for the administrators of Chelsea's Twitter account though. — SI.com, "Chelsea Mocked on Social Media Over Surprise Pursuit of Stoke Striker Peter Crouch," 19 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'humble pie.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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