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
Libor	-	Czech
Jonty	JAHN-tee	English (British)
Yolonda	yo-LAHN-də	English
Joe	JO	English
Felicitas	fe-LEE-tsee-tahs (German)	German, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Prospero	pro-SPE-ro	Italian, Spanish