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humble pie

idiom

Humility, being humble.


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Related idioms4entries
  1. 01

    eat humble pie

    To admit one's faults; to make a humiliating apology.

  2. 02

    finger in the pie

    A share in the doing of something; involvement.

  3. 03

    pie in the sky

    A fanciful notion; an unrealistic or ludicrous concept; the illusory promise of a desired outcome that is unlikely to happen.

  4. 04

    piece of the pie

    A piece of the action.

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