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:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Denisede-NEEZ (French), də-NEES (English), də-NEE-sə (Dutch)French, English, Dutch
Pihla-Finnish
Mihaelamee-hah-YE-lah (Romanian), mee-HAH-el-ah (Croatian)Romanian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian
Huitzilopochtli-Aztec and Toltec Mythology
PrimoPREE-mo (Italian, Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Anisha-Indian, Hindi