| 词汇 | eat humble pie |
| 释义 | ● eat humble ˈpie (NAmE alsoeat ˈcrow ) to say and show that you are sorry for a mistake that you made 认错;道歉;赔罪ORIGINFrom a pun on the old word umbles , meaning 'offal' , which was considered to be food for poor people .源自古词 umbles 的双关谐音,意为 “内脏”,被认为是穷人的食物。See also crow |
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