- eat dirt pie
- идиом.
1) смириться, проглотить обиду, покориться
2) унижаться;
униженно извиняться ∙ Syn : eat dirt crow, eat humble pie, eat humble crow
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь. 2001.
eat dirt pie
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eat humble pie — Suffer humiliation, endure mortification, be humbled, be abashed, be taken down, eat dirt … New dictionary of synonyms
Dirt pie — Dirt Dirt (d[ e]rt), n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, dr[=i]ta to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedr[=i]tan.] 1. Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
eat dirt — Humble one s self, abase one s self, lower one s note, fall on one s knees, get a setdown, eat humble pie … New dictionary of synonyms
To eat dirt — Dirt Dirt (d[ e]rt), n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, dr[=i]ta to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedr[=i]tan.] 1. Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dirt — (d[ e]rt), n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, dr[=i]ta to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedr[=i]tan.] 1. Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dirt bed — Dirt Dirt (d[ e]rt), n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, dr[=i]ta to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedr[=i]tan.] 1. Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dirt eating — Dirt Dirt (d[ e]rt), n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, dr[=i]ta to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedr[=i]tan.] 1. Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
eat — v. (past ate; past part. eaten) 1 a tr. take into the mouth, chew, and swallow (food). b intr. consume food; take a meal. c tr. devour (eaten by a lion). 2 intr. (foll. by (away) at, into) a destroy gradually, esp. by corrosion, erosion, disease … Useful english dictionary
dirt pill — n. A pill containing several strains of bacteria designed to stimulate the immune systems of allergic or asthmatic children. Example Citations: Growing up in rural 1950s Ontario, we ate dirt. Most of us were poor, but all of us had food of some… … New words
eat crow — Synonyms and related words: abjure, back down, back out, backwater, climb down, crawfish out, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, eat dirt, eat humble pie, forswear, kiss the rod, lick the dust, recant, renege, renounce, repudiate, retract, revoke,… … Moby Thesaurus
Dirt cake — Gummy worm dirt cake Dirt cake is a general term for several American cake recipes that utilize sandwich cookies and pudding in combination with other ingredients to create desserts that have a dirty look. The simple dessert is made by combining… … Wikipedia
