eating humble pie
- humiliationLoss of dignity
- apologyStatement acknowledging wrongdoing
- swallowing prideSuppressing ego to proceed
- crowLarge black corvid
- embarrassmentSelf-conscious unease
regret · admitting · mistake · groveling · shame · backpedaling · contrite · mortified · sheepish · tail between legs · red-faced · confession · surrender · defeat · bitter · swallow · retraction · awkward
- atonementpropitiation, substitution, reconciler, forgiveness, sin offering
pride and humiliation
eating humble piegloating
Smug triumph display
crowing · boasting · bragging · triumphalism · rubbing it in
response to being wrong
eating humble piedoubling down
Strengthening a risky commitment
standing one's ground · saving face · digging in · digging in one's heels · blaming others