turn the other cheek
To accept punishment or injury without retaliatingTo accept punishment or injury without retaliating.
» I believe in turning the other cheek.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To accept punishment or injury without retaliating.
die andere Wange hinhalten, die andere Backe hinhalten
подста́вить другу́ю щёкуpodstávitʹ drugúju ščóku
Examples
9 sentencesI believe in turning the other cheek.
Turn the other cheek.
ruПодставьте другую щёку. — odexed
Sami won't turn the other cheek this time.
I don't believe in turning the other cheek.
I'm not going to turn the other cheek.
ruЯ не собираюсь подставлять вторую щёку. — marafon
deIch werde nicht die andere Wange auch noch hinhalten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus rejected the eye for an eye philosophy in favourFrom the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus rejected the eye for an eye philosophy in favour of a more humble approach.
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Forms
turns the other cheek, turning the other cheek, turned the other cheek, turned the other cheek| Base form | turn the other cheek · to turn the other cheek |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | turns the other cheek |
| Present participle | turning the other cheek |
| Past simple | turned the other cheek |
| Past participle | turned the other cheek |
irregular
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | turn the other cheek |
| he, she, it | turns the other cheek |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | turned the other cheek |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have turned the other cheek |
| he, she, it | has turned the other cheek |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will turn the other cheek |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.