Translations for „humble pie“ in the English » German Dictionary

hum·ble ˈpie N

to eat humble pie

zu Kreuze kriechen inf

to eat humble pie

klein beigeben

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to eat humble pie

zu Kreuze kriechen inf

to eat humble pie [or Am, Aus also crow] inf

zu Kreuze kriechen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

If they eat humble pie, get down to work and stop the talking, they should be able to overcome it.

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His critics are eating humble pie as we speak.

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Deer organ meat is called "humble" (see humble pie).

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If not, we'll be resigned to eating humble pie and wearing remorseful sackcloth and ashes for a week -- but, what do you think?

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Since the sound h is often dropped in many dialects the phrase was rebracketed as humble pie.

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And while it didn't reach space itself, it was still quite a journey for a humble pie.

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We had to take our slice of humble pie and learn from our mistakes.

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