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eating humble pie
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“There must be some form of public humiliation,” he said, adding, “I’d like to see all those responsible for the contents of the dome eating humble pie.”
And while eating humble pie is never fun, I’m choosing to score that as a win, and even a source of hope: We all want to believe that time will make us better writers, better thinkers, and better critics.
“The Fed is eating humble pie,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Grant Thornton.
Eating humble pie, Zimmern responded, “I am completely responsible for what I said and I want to apologize to anyone who was offended.”
But keeping friends is about eating humble pie, forgiving and forgetting; fighting and making up.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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