TO EAT HUMBLE PIE, verb. phr. (colloquial).—To submit; to apologise; to knock under. For synonyms, see CAVE IN.
1862. THACKERAY, The Adventures of Philip, xxvii. If this old chief had to eat HUMBLE PIE, his brave adversaries were anxious that he should gobble up his portion as quickly as possible, and turned away their honest old heads as he swallowed it.
1887. G. M. FENN, This Man’s Wife, ch. ii., 4. Our savings are gone and we must EAT HUMBLE PIE for the future.
