eat humble pie

Related to word: eat

Idiom

Definition

  1. To acknowledge one's error or fault, often in a way that is humiliating or embarrassing.

    承认错误;认错并道歉。

    • After publicly predicting a stock market crash, he had to eat humble pie and admit he was wrong.

      在公开预测股市崩盘后,他不得不认错并承认自己错了。

    • She had insisted her approach was the best, but when the results proved otherwise, she had to eat humble pie.

      她一直坚持自己的方法是最好的,但当结果证明并非如此时,她不得不认错。

    • Despite his initial resistance, he eventually had to eat humble pie and admit his mistake to the manager.

      尽管他最初抗拒,但最终不得不认错并向经理承认自己的错误。