Question
And those predicting total economic mayhem may
still be forced to eat humble pie by this time next year if economic growth starts to pick up. Directions : Identify the words that are similar in meaning to the phrase in underline. If none of option conveys the correct meaning, mark (E) as your answer. The options do not necessarily need to be grammatically correct.Solution
The idiom ‘eat humble pie’ means ‘to admit that you were wrong’ or ‘accept that one has been defeated’.
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?/4 ÷ 9/? = 15% of 800 + `1(2/3)` × `1(1/5)` × 1/2
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