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They have been wrong so many times and had to eat humble pie.

"One or other of us is going to be eating humble pie."

In a word, Michael, yes - the time has come to eat humble pie.

If you've made a fool of yourself you must eat humble pie.

However, in 1929 Einstein was forced to eat humble pie.

Those same huge estates also gave us the saying "to eat humble pie."

It is something much harder than merely eating humble pie.

"Had I assumed the posture of eating humble pie, this would never have happened."

Now and then the British need to eat humble pie and change.

"The new people feeding off the overflow must be eating humble pie."

Eat humble pie and get used to it mate.

After all, the mullahs are quite capable of eating humble pie on their own.

And along with their stirrup cups, they were all eating humble pie.

You backed the wrong horse, Guardian - admit it and eat humble pie.

Have you ever wondered why we pass the buck, eat humble pie or let the cat out of the bag?

A similar British idiom is to eat humble pie.

A diplomat from another member state said, "France had to eat humble pie today - it doesn't happen very often."

To eat humble pie, in common usage, is to apologize and face humiliation for a serious error.

Political cartoons have depicted tabloid journalists being forced to eat humble pie.

That will not happen because it would mean the Eurocrats eating humble pie.

Come and take potluck eat humble pie whatever.

To their credit, my friends ate humble pie, or at least a bite of mine, and admitted it was delectable.

"Joseph K. was advised again and again to eat humble pie," she said.

The Midlanders have been eating humble pie this season, though they deserve better fare.

"I don't eat crows," Kelemvor replied.