mea culpa

[ctivnan]

Mea culpa /,meiə 'ku:lpə/ (noun)

from Latin

- an acknowledgment of one's fault or error [as exclamation]

e.g. "Oh, my wicked tongue! Mea culpa!"

[q_sharon]

Mea culpa is to eat humble pie, its parallel idiomatic expression.


What I said was wrong. I had to eat humble pie.

What I said was wrong. Mea culpa!!