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Idiom: To Eat Humble Pie

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  #๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐€๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ˆ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐”๐‚ ๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—œ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—บ: ๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ“Œ Meaning: If you eat humble pie, it means you speak or behave in a way which tells people that you admit you were wrong about something. To eat humble pie, in common usage, is to face humiliation and subsequently apologize for a serious mistake. To eat humble pie means to make a humble apology and accept humiliation. ๐Ÿ“Œ For example: ๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ After vehemently arguing, he discovered his basic illogicality and had to eat humble pie before his associates. ๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ After boasting that his company could outperform the industry's best, he's been forced to eat humble pie. ยฉ๏ธ ๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ     ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต

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  ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐˜€. ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ Which of these words ,'Devoted' or 'Devout' is correct in the context of religion? The word 'Devoted' is an adjective which means giving someone or something a lot of love and attention. ๐Ÿงถ For example, Dr. Efosa was devoted to her sister.  However, using the word "Devoted" to describe someone who is deeply religious or has a very strong belief in a religion is a misuse of semantics (Meaning)  e.g.  ๐Ÿ“Œ Mr. Sam is a devoted Christian (inappropriate)  ๐Ÿ“Œ Mr. Sam is a devout Christian(appropriate)      ๐Ÿ“Œ Mr. Ibrahim is a devoted Muslim (inappropriate) ๐Ÿ“Œ Mr. Ibrahim is a devout Muslim (appropriate)                                                "Devout" is appropriate in a Religious context Look up the two words in any lexicon to know the difference. ๐Ÿงถ ...