Posted on December 9th, 2025
As the premier pie and mash restaurant in London, using traditional recipes handed down through four generations, we can “talk” pie all day. With the festive season upon us, we thought you might like to see our pie-isms. Maybe you have some of your own that could be added to our list…if so, we’d love to hear from you.
Pie is rooted in Classic English food – nowadays with many different fillings, but always a comfort food for all.
So, which of these do you know…
| Pie-isms | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Pie | Dish made by lining a shallow container with pastry and filling it with a sweet or savoury mixture. A top crust may be added and baked until crisp. Mark Twain frequently used ‘pie’ to mean pleasant or accommodating in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Also an archaic/dialect name for magpie. |
| Be pie on | To be keen on. |
| Pie-fection | Arment’s Pies! |
| Have a finger in the pie | To have an interest in or take part in an activity; to meddle. |
| Pie in the sky | An illusory hope or promise of future reward. |
| Pie-eyed | Slang for drunk or intoxicated. |
| Pie-faced | Having a broad, flat face; sometimes implying a vacuous expression (origin 1910–15). |
| Pie plant | The edible rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum). |
| Pie chart | A circular statistical graph divided into segments. |
| Pie in the face | Classic slapstick comedy involving someone being hit with a pie. |
| Piebald | Having patches of black and white (e.g. a piebald horse). |
| Apple pie bed | A prank where bed sheets are folded to prevent use; likely derived from the French nappe pliée meaning “folded sheet”. |
| Eat humble pie | To admit an error or apologise. |
| Who ate all the pies? | A football chant originating in 1984 aimed at goalkeeper William “Fatty” Foulke. |
| Pie-rides | Figures in Greek mythology who challenged the Muses and were turned into magpies. |
| Easy as pie | Extremely easy. |
| Nice as pie | Very agreeable. |
| “Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie, kissed the girls and made them cry…” | |
| Origins | The rhyme is believed to refer to George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592–1628), a courtier of King James I, whose conduct and relationships were highly controversial. |
If you have any other we can add to our list, please email them into us @mail@armentspieandmash.com.
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