Word | turn the other cheek |
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Description | Refrain from retaliating when you have been attacked or insulted. This expression comes from Matthew 5 : 39 : But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil : but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. Refrain from retaliating when you have been attacked or insulted. This expression c |
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