[Idiom] "Eat a humble pie" or "eat humble pie" which is correct ?

[Sahil Dhankhar]

Out of the two idioms which is grammatically correct ?

eat a humble pie
eat humble pie

Sentence improvement question:-even though out team took the field with great confidence, the opposition made them eat the humble pie.
a:-a humble pie
b:-humble pie
c:-humble pies
d:-no improvement

however the answer to this question is a (provided in the book) but when I searched internet for idioms ,everywhere I fould eat humble pie instead of a humble pie.
So what should be the right answer ?


Please provide a little explanation also.

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[Rover_KE]

Out of the two idioms which is grammatically correct?

eat a humble pie wrong
eat humble pie right

Please provide a little explanation also. Click here.

Disclaimer:-This is not [STRIKE]a home-work[/STRIKE] homework.

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[Sahil Dhankhar]

I am very grateful for pointing out mistakes other than the question.

 

[BobK]

:up: It's interesting that etymologically the indefinite article was there: the numbles were the offal of a deer. The privileged people ate the meat (venison) and a poor person ate 'a numble pie'. Read more here.

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