turn the other cheek

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

turned the other cheek turning the other cheek turns the other cheek 三单 turns the other cheek turning the other cheek 现在分词 turned the other cheek 过去式 turned the other cheek 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To accept punishment or injury without retaliating.

    习语

词源

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

来源：wiktionary