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E eat humble pie загладить / искупить вину M E A N I N G : to be very submissive after regretting an action or words Last week Charles accused his new secretary of stealing his wallet. But the next day he found it at home, so he had to eat humble pie all week and offer Fiona more money before she agreed to stay! ORIGIN: In the Middle Ages umbles were the unpleasant but edible parts of a deer which were cooked in a pie. The best deer meat was eaten by the rich, whereas the umble pie was eaten by their servants who were of a lower social class. Over time the word umble became confused with the word humble which means meek or submissive to give the current expression. eat smb out of house and home по миру пустить (разорить тратами на еду и содержание) M E A N I N G : to be so expensive to feed and keep that the person paying cannot afford it Matias grew four inches, and he’s eating his parents out of house and home. ORIGIN: William Shakespeare used this famous saying in one of his plays around the year 1600. House and home mean about the same thing, of course. Using them both in one expression doubles the meaning. 38