East a humble pie

Arabic translation: كان عليها/توجب عليها/ أن تتواضع وتعترف بخطأها

18:25 Aug 19, 2016
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English term or phrase: East a humble pie
The context is about a translator that made a mistake while translating:

"She had to eat a humble pie and translate the rest of the text".

I didn't like the translation يجبر على الاعتراف بالخطأ أو الهزيمة found in Wordreference http://www.wordreference.com/enar/eat a humble pie

Whould ابتلعت كبريائها give the same meaning?
NouraAhmed
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:20
Arabic translation:كان عليها/توجب عليها/ أن تتواضع وتعترف بخطأها
Explanation:
to act very humble wheb one is shown to be wrong.

Swallowing your pride is a another different thing.
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Issam Yazidi
Morocco
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1كان عليها/توجب عليها/ أن تتواضع وتعترف بخطأها
Issam Yazidi
4إعتذر بخنوع
Oz Hamdoun (X)
4توجب عليها مواجهة ثمن اخطائها
Ghizlane Jaabari
3ابتلعت غرورها
Hassan Lotfy


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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
east a humble pie
كان عليها/توجب عليها/ أن تتواضع وتعترف بخطأها


Explanation:
to act very humble wheb one is shown to be wrong.

Swallowing your pride is a another different thing.

Issam Yazidi
Morocco
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  Liliane Hatem: كان عليها أن تعترف بخطأها
10 hrs
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
east a humble pie
إعتذر بخنوع


Explanation:
الذي وجدت

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Note added at 9 mins (2016-08-19 18:34:57 GMT)
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http://www.searchtruth.com/dictionary/arabic_english_diction...

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Note added at 16 mins (2016-08-19 18:41:46 GMT)
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http://www.aldictionary.com/definition/english-to-arabic/hum...

Oz Hamdoun (X)
United States
Local time: 12:20
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 108
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
east a humble pie
توجب عليها مواجهة ثمن اخطائها


Explanation:
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Ghizlane Jaabari
Morocco
Local time: 17:20
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
eat a humble pie
ابتلعت غرورها


Explanation:
نزلت عن كبريائها

Hassan Lotfy
Egypt
Local time: 18:20
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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