| It was a risk I was prepared to take, although if it didn't work out I knew I might have to come back and eat humble pie. |
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| Many of those people are now having to eat humble pie and accept their new status as list MPs also. |
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| And those predicting total economic mayhem may still be forced to eat humble pie by this time next year if economic growth starts to pick up. |
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| He swore to me that he had left it back in my shed, but had to eat humble pie when he discovered it was in his garage all the time. |
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| The paper decides to eat humble pie, giving it a front page story and an apology, which seems to be 15 years too late. |
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| Otherwise, the board will never be able to claim to be representational and the minister will have to eat humble pie. |
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| It is time for me to congratulate the winners, eat humble pie, shake hands and move on. |
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| But as their position is as good as that of a stray cat caught in a trap, they have no alternative but to eat humble pie and present a letter of surrender to our people. |
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| So become a diplomat, eat humble pie, and get these people on your side. |
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| You may be in a stew or a pickle, but you talk turkey and eat humble pie. |
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| He says he is prepared to eat humble pie and swallow some of his words. |
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| If you're going to eat humble pie, make sure you do it on a Saturday. |
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| Meanwhile Cameron is forced to eat humble pie. |
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