Practice Test Discussion

Directions: Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the given idiom / phrase/ word.

The chairman had to eat a humble pie after the workers decided to go on strike to protest against the biased promotions.

[RBI Grade-B, 2010]

The chairman politely refused to take the promotion orders back

The chairman gave up his pride and apologised for the mistake

The chairman had to face defeat by a group of ordinary workers

The chairman's career was tinted due to the allegations of biased promotions

None of the above

Explanation

The following are the meaning and sample sentence for the given idiom/ phrase/ word.

Meaning: To eat a humble pie — To apologise

Sample sentence: The lawyer had to eat humble pie in the court because the facts he presented were wrong.

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