I don't enjoy eating humble pie.
There have been times when things get stuck in my throat, but you just work it up or down. Like how a swimmer probably can't imagine drowning - their bodies are so used to being in the water. I'm so used to shoving things down my throat.
If people are offering you help, swallow your pride and accept it because people who care about you want to help you.
I ate 'umble pie with an appetite.
If somebody in the crowd spits at you, you've got to swallow it.
I tried to swallow his nonsense without choking.
Eat your words! Eat your words! I am the greatest.
I'm too full to swallow my pride
To a haughty belly, kindness is hard to swallow and harder to digest.