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
Oksana	ahk-SAH-nah (Russian)	Ukrainian, Russian
Tu	-	Chinese
Youta	yo:-tah	Japanese
Tessan	-	Swedish
Fionola	-	Irish, Scottish
Oleksiy	-	Ukrainian