To eat humble pie
To apologize for one’s behavior, the correct term is
umble pie that is still made in some parts of Britain. It is a pastry and
contains the odd and ends of the edible parts of the inside of an animal called
“Umbles”It was gratefully received from their rich master by the poor people of
long ago and to eat this was to confirm
one’s poverty and dependence upon some other person. It is not known how
the “H” got in to the recipe
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