kiss the rod

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.

See also: kiss, rod

Common Names:

Name	Gender	Pronounced	Usage
Zack		[zæk]
Te'oma		-	Ancient Aramaic
Cajsa		KIE-sah	Swedish
Pitambar		-	Indian, Hindi
Jeltje		YEL-tyə (Dutch)	Frisian, Dutch
Mattheus		-	Biblical Latin

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