B2idiomdecisionsIELTS-friendly
swallow your pride
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to ignore your pride and do something that feels embarrassing
Often 'have to swallow your pride'. It is neutral or positive: a mature choice. 'Pride' here means ego, not pleasure in your work.
In context
I had to swallow my pride and ask my old boss for a reference.
He swallowed his pride and apologised to the whole team.
More idioms about decisions
- a Catch-22a situation you can't escape because each solution depends on the other
- a change of hearta change in your opinion or plan, usually towards a kinder or different view
- a double-edged swordsomething that has both good and bad effects
- a fait accomplisomething already decided or done that others must now accept
- a foregone conclusiona result that is certain before it happens