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
Katka	KAHT-kah	Czech, Slovak
Muna	-	Arabic
TomaŽ	-	Slovene
Jonna	YON-nah (Finnish)	Danish, Swedish, Finnish
Codie	KO-dee	English (Modern)
Ross	RAWS (English)	Scottish, English