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Complete Definition of "turn the other cheek"

English

Etymology
From the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus rejected the eye for an eye philosophy in favour of a more humble approach. Category:Biblical derivations

Verb
turn the other cheek

  1. idiom To accept a punishment or an injury and not act out revenge or retaliate.

Translations

Finnish: kääntää toinen-kin|kin poski
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Swedish: vända andra kinden till

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