Humble pie

To eat humble pie, in common usage, is to face humiliation and subsequently apologize for a serious mistake. ^[1]

10 relations: Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, Deer, Eating crow, French language, Idiom, Liber Cure Cocorum, Meat, Middle Ages, Pie, Rebracketing.

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, sometimes referred to simply as Brewer's, is a reference work containing definitions and explanations of many famous phrases, allusions and figures, whether historical or mythical.

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Deer

Deer (singular and plural) are the ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae.

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Eating crow

Eating crow is a colloquial idiom, used in English-speaking countries that means humiliation by admitting having been proven wrong after taking a strong position.

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Idiom

An idiom (idiom, "special property", from translite, "special feature, special phrasing, a peculiarity", f. translit, "one's own") is a phrase or an expression that has a figurative, or sometimes literal, meaning.

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Liber Cure Cocorum

Liber Cure Cocorum is an English cookbook dating from around the year 1430 and originating from County of Lancashire.

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Meat

Meat is animal flesh that is eaten as food.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.

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Pie

A pie is a baked dish which is usually made of a pastry dough casing that covers or completely contains a filling of various sweet or savoury ingredients.

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Rebracketing

Rebracketing (also known as resegmentation or metanalysis) is a process in historical linguistics where a word originally derived from one source is broken down or bracketed into a different set of factors.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humble_pie

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