eat humble pie

eat humble pie

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ū NSH ē NgR ě NQ ì, which means to describe being forced to bear with anger and not daring to speak. From Black Whirlwind.

Idiom explanation

Swallow: dare not make a sound; endure: endure.

The origin of Idioms

Yuan · Gao Wenxiu "Black Whirlwind" the first fold: "I just swallow my breath and hide."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate, object, or attribute. Lu Xun's two essays on qijieting: on "people's words can be feared" said: "for the strong, it is weak, but for the weaker, it is still strong, so sometimes, although ~, sometimes, it can still show off its power."