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
Rosa (2)	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian
Stelara	ste-LAH-rah	Esperanto
Fergie	-	Scottish
Jayant	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi
My	-	Swedish
Balfe	[bælf]