humble-pie

• “Indeed, swallowing the often difficult pill of humble-pie by apologizing, even though we may not feel like it, can provide a lasting lesson and reminder for us to exercise restraint in our thoughts, words and actions toward others, however truthful, the next time.”

  The Huffington Post: Suhag A. Shukla, Esq.: The Dharma Of An Apology

• “* (For the record, it is "conservateurs" we must watch out for, else we watch, in humble-pie I could just die horror, as the French stare back with smirks on their faces.)”

  faux amis

• “One obvious choice for a humble-pie clip is the climactic scene in "Jaws," where Robert Shaw gets swallowed whole by the great white shark, the way the Eagles got swallowed whole by the Giants two weeks ago.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Serving Humble Pie on the Jumbotron

• “* For the record, it is "conservateurs" we must watch out for, else we watch, in humble-pie I could just die horror, as the French stare back with smirks on their faces.”

  faux amis

• “But there has to be a lot of humble-pie eating before that could happen.”

  Possible Dream Team? - Real Clear Politics – TIME.com

• “But the message, now, is that the bureaucrats need to eat more humble-pie (but NOT the pie-makers, of course).”

  White House betting on shared culture in its bid for more open government

• “They were good-natured enough out of their cups, and ate their humble-pie with very good appetites at a reconciliation dinner which Colonel”

  The Virginians

• “Moi qui vous parle, sir! — do you suppose I have had no humble-pie to eat?”

  The Virginians

• “And thus we have the brand-new Rovian strategy: eating crow with a humble-pie chaser.”

  Bush's "I Screwed Up Tour" Continues its Mission of Duping America

• “More power to her and humble-pie to her publishers.”

  The Booker Prize

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