turn the other cheek

English

Etymology

From the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus rejected the eye for an eye philosophy in favour of a more humble approach.

Verb

turn the other cheek

(idiomatic) To accept punishment or injury without retaliating.

Translations

accept injury without revenge

Danish: vende den anden kind til
Finnish: kääntää toinen kin poski
French: tendre l'autre joue (fr)
German: die andere Wange hinhalten, die andere Backe hinhalten

Polish: nadstawić drugi policzek (pl)
Russian: подста́вить другу́ю щёку (podstávitʹ drugúju ščóku)
Swedish: vända andra kinden till

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