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
Dora	DAWR-ə (English), DO-rah (Croatian, Serbian)	English, Dutch, Spanish, Greek, Croatian, Serbian
Siddhi	-	Indian, Marathi
Eirene	-	Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Ireneusz	ee-re-NE-uwsh	Polish
Anargul	-	Kazakh
Androkles	-	Ancient Greek