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
Young-Giyung-geeKorean
Laurena-English (Rare)
Narinah-reeKorean
SondraSAWN-drəEnglish
Wiremu-Maori
RŮŽEna-Czech