kiss the rod

To accept punishment passively. As a child, I always found it best to just kiss the rod—arguing with my parents always made the situation worse.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Naomi	['neiəmi]
Chance	[tʃæns]
Angelle	-	English (Rare)
Yakiv	-	Ukrainian
Marijana	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian
Arkhip	-	Russian