eat humble pie | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,intransitive)Toadmitone'sfaults; to make ahumiliatingapology.1857–1858,W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, chapter XII, inThe Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volume I, London:Bradbury & Evans,[…], published1858,→OCLC:They were good-natured enough out of their cups, andate their humble-piewith very good appetites at a reconciliation dinner which Colonel W. had with the 44th, and where he was as perfectly stupid and correct as Prince Prettyman need be. Hang him!1869–1870,Louisa M[ay] Alcott,An Old-Fashioned Girl, Boston, Mass.:Roberts Brothers, published1870,→OCLC:Polly had a spice of girlish malice, and rather liked to see domineering Tomeat humble-pie, just enough to do him good, you know.1879,Henry James,Confidence, London: Chatto & Windus:Angela shook her head. “Men are dull creatures.”“I have already granted that, and I ameating humble piein asking for an explanation.”1909,H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells,Ann Veronica, London:T[homas] Fisher Unwin:You square the G.V., and go home before you have to. That’s my advice. If you don’teat humble-pienow you may live to fare worse later.2022March 8, Andrew Anthony, “Liberalism and Its Discontents by Francis Fukuyama review – a defence of liberalism… from a former neocon”, inThe Guardian‎[1],→ISSN:But there seems little doubt that Fukuyama has had toeatrather a lot ofhumble pie.2025July 31,Jason Furman, “The Tariffs Kicked In. The Sky Didn’t Fall. Were the Economists Wrong?”, inThe New York Times‎[2]:Should the economists who sounded the alarm — the same people who got so many high-profile predictions wrong in recent years — be sitting down toeatanother course ofhumble pie? Well, it’s not that simple.

Examples:

EN: I'm going to make him eat humble pie.
ES: Le haré tragarse sus palabras.
EN: So each time... Each time you don't like what I do, say, I have to eat humble pie?
ES: Así que cada vez... cada vez que haga algo o diga algo que no le gusta... tengo que arrastrarme por el polvo para usted.
EN: Mr. Bacon advises me to eat humble pie.
ES: El Sr. Bacon me aconseja comer el pastel humilde.
EN: I know what I've done is dreadful for Father. I know I've got to eat humble pie for the time being, but I'm not going to be cowed, Rose.
ES: Sé que mi actitud perjudica a mi padre y que debería ser más humilde... pero no voy a callarme, Rose.
EN: You mean, Tenório will have to eat humble pie?
ES: ¿Quiere decir que Tenório se las va a ver negras?
EN: When I'm proven right and the water's tested, do you see them coming here to eat humble pie?
ES: Y cuando se vea que tengo razón y se examine el agua, ¿alguno vendrá aquí a pedirme perdón humildemente?
EN: It's great. Look, I know when to eat humble pie.
ES: Mira, yo sé cuando debo comerme un pastel de humildad.
EN: l'll make you eat humble pie!
ES: ¡Te haré comer pastel humilde!
EN: And while you eat humble pie with a side of crow, Lana, I will be dining on trout.
ES: Mientras te comes tu humillación, yo cenaré trucha.
EN: Do people like you eat humble pie?
ES: ¿A la gente como usted le gusta morder el polvo?
EN: - You have to eat humble pie.
ES: - Tienes que tragarte el orgullo.
EN: How's it feel... having to eat humble pie like this?
ES: ¿Cómo se siente... tener que comer tarta humilde así?
EN: I-I would eat humble pie if I had it.
ES: Comería pastel de humildad si tuviera que hacerlo.
EN: Miriam is going to eat humble pie.
ES: Le voy a cerrar la boca a Miriam.
EN: When will he ever eat humble pie and realize how precious his wife is?
ES: ¿Cuándo se tragará todo el orgullo y verá que soy una buena esposa?

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