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| Subject | English | Russian |
| austral. | eat a little humble pie | прикусить язык (от зависти перед лицом чужого богатства: I arrived home with the money, forcing dad to eat a little humble pie. Marina Smirnova) |
| uncom. | eat humble pie | оказаться в унизительном положении (будучи вынужденным публично признать свою неправоту Anglophile) |
| idiom. | eat humble pie | признавать свою вину (опустив голову Taras) |
| gen. | eat humble pie | покоряться |
| idiom. | eat humble pie | взять свои слова обратно (в контексте; to admit that one has been wrong and apologize: The Queen's Press secretary was forced to eat humble pie yesterday and publicly apologize to the duchess. 4uzhoj) |
| reg.usg. | eat humble pie | признать свою неправоту |
| idiom. | eat humble pie | унизительно извиняться |
| gen. | eat humble pie | смиренно переносить оскорбления |
| idiom. | eat humble pie | признавать свою неправоту (Some politicians are so arrogant that they won't eat humble pie even when it's clear they've made a mistake. They just say they were "misinformed".  englishclub.com inyazserg) |
| idiom. | eat humble pie | признать свою неправоту (to be forced to apologize abjectly or admit one's faults in humiliating circumstances: Some politicians are so arrogant that they won't eat humble pie even when it's clear they've made a mistake. They just say they were "misinformed".) |
| fig., uncom. | eat humble pie | прийти с повинной (редко и в переносном значении) |