The surprising origins of the most common phrases we use

[post_page_title]”Eat humble pie”[/post_page_title]

To eat humble pie is to face humiliation and own up to your mistakes, leading to the wrongful assumption that the origin of this phrase is merely an expression associated with the word “humble.”

“Eat humble pie”

However, the source of this phrase is actually derived from ‘umble pie,’ a word whose origins are completely unrelated to ‘humble’ that’s actually from the French word ‘nomble,’ which translates to ‘deer’s innards.’ Umble pie, traditionally, was a pie filled with meat scraps, served to peasants during medieval times.

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