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.

Pronunciation

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Verb

turn the other cheek (third-person singular simple present turns the other cheek, present participle turning the other cheek, simple past and past participle turned the other cheek)

1. (idiomatic) To accept punishment or injury without retaliating.

Translations

accept injury without revenge

• Catalan: girar l'altra galta
• Danish: vende den anden kind til
• Finnish: kääntää toinenkin poski
• French: tendre l’autre joue (fr)
• German: die andere Wange hinhalten, die andere Backe hinhalten
• Hungarian: másik arc odafordítása/odatartása
• Italian: porgere l'altra guancia
• Latin: vertō alteram maxillam
• Polish: nadstawiać drugi policzek impf, nadstawić drugi policzek (pl) pf
• Portuguese: dar a outra face, oferecer a outra face
• Russian: подста́вить другу́ю щёку (podstávitʹ drugúju ščóku)
• Spanish: poner la otra mejilla
• Swedish: vända andra kinden till