swallow one's pride

English

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Verb

swallow one's pride (third-person singular simple present swallows one's pride, present participle swallowing one's pride, simple past and past participle swallowed one's pride)

1. (idiomatic) To set aside one's feelings of pride and adopt a more humble or appropriate stance.

Translations

To hide one's feelings of pride, adopting more humble stance

Chinese: Mandarin: 放下身段 (fàngxià shēnduàn) Finnish: niellä ylpeytensä; ottaa lusikka kauniiseen käteen (and humbly do as one is told or supposed to do) French: ravaler sa fierté (fr) Irish: dul ar an umhlaíocht Polish: chować ambicję do kieszeni impf, schować ambicję do kieszeni pf Russian: please add this translation if you can

See also

• eat humble pie