Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is eat humble pie and it is a phrase meaning “to admit your fault in a humiliating way and/or make a humble apology; back down, admit defeat, surrender, capitulate, yield, give in, cave in, submit”.
Example Sentence: The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, announced last week that his controversial farm laws would be withdrawn. With five state elections looming,… Mr Modi told the country how important farming had been to him and did something out of character: he ate humble pie in public, apologised and dropped his plans. This was the right thing to do.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article The Guardian view on Modi’s failed farm laws: eating humble pie and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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