humble pie

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The term humble pie, for example, comes from pies made with umbles, or scraps of meat and offal that fed peasants who were seated far away from royalty at banquets.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2023

I got a fair bit of stick for predicting a 6-0 defeat by Manchester City in midweek but there's a few Forest fans wiping egg off their faces and eating a bit of humble pie.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2022

Two central banks that had said they saw no need for rate hikes until 2023 or 2024 have eaten humble pie in the space of a week.

From Reuters • May 3, 2022

“I think the universe was like, ‘OK, all right, let’s have some humble pie here,’” Perry says now.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2020

"It can't be helped now; we must eat humble pie."

From Left to Ourselves or, John Headley's Promise. by Shaw, Catharine