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Pie HumbleHumble pie Humble pie English-language idiom This article is about the idiom. For the rock band, see Humble Pie. For other uses, see Humble Pie (disambiguation). The English idiom eat humble pie means to face humiliation and subsequently apologize for a serious mistake. It comes from humble pie, originally umble pie, a dish from Medieval cuisine made from the edible internal organs (offal) of animals.[1][2] This culinary tradition gave rise to the original expression "to eat umble pie". Propaganda poster using the threat of a "humble pie" to warn against food waste in the British food industry during World War II The umble in the original dish name refers to these animal entrails, particularly from deer. During the Middle Ages,… (Source: Wikipedia)
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