{"id":22479,"date":"2026-06-21T18:11:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-expression-quiz-eat-humble-pie\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:11:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:38","slug":"english-expression-quiz-eat-humble-pie","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-expression-quiz-eat-humble-pie\/","title":{"rendered":"English Expression Quiz: Eat humble pie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Choose the meaning that fits <strong>Eat humble pie<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to make sense or be logically correct<\/li>\n<li>to admit that one was wrong and apologize<\/li>\n<li>one&#8217;s husband, wife, or life partner<\/li>\n<li>to happen<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3205,3210],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-22479","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-behavior-and-character","topic-contextual-meaning","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Eat humble pie<\/strong> means <strong>to admit that one was wrong and apologize<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe accepting embarrassment after making a mistake.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>He had to <strong>eat humble pie<\/strong> after blaming the wrong person.<\/li><li>She <strong>ate humble pie<\/strong> and corrected her answer.<\/li><li>A proud person finds it hard to <strong>eat humble pie<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to make sense or be logically correct"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to admit that one was wrong and apologize"},{"right":"no","answer":"one's husband, wife, or life partner"},{"right":"no","answer":"to happen"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3205,"title":"Behavior and Character","slug":"behavior-and-character"},{"id":3210,"title":"Contextual Meaning","slug":"contextual-meaning"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22479"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22479"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}