swallow one's pride

Humble oneself, as in She decided to swallow her pride and apologize. This idiom employs swallow in the sense of "refrain from expressing," a usage dating from the early 1600s.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Elijah	[i'laidʒə]
Melina	-	English, French, Greek
Edmao	ed-MAW	Limburgish
Gaspar	gah-SPAHR (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese, Judeo-Christian Legend
Thurayya	-	Arabic
Lyn	LIN	English