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Turn-the-other-cheek
Turn-the-other-cheek
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(idiomatic) To accept a
punishment
or an
injury
and not act out
revenge
or retaliate.
verb
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Origin of turn-the-other-cheek
From 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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