To become very humble in behaviour when someone points out a wrong doing by the person.
To admit an error and become submissive and apologetic in doing so.
When someone enforces an apology after a wrong has been committed.
I know for certain that the appliance should not be handled this way but if I turn out to be wrong then I’ll eat humble pie.
One may often think that they are smarter than the others but such people always end up eating humble pie.
The lawyer had to eat humble pie in the court because the facts he presented were wrong.
There is no origin for this idiom
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