turn the other cheek

idiomPart ofcheek

turn the other cheek — idiom

1. to choose not to fight back or get angry when someone has hurt you or treated yo

1.慣用語
釋義

to choose not to fight back or get angry when someone has hurt you or treated you badly, especially as a deliberate moral decision

例句

When the other driver shouted at him, Yusuf turned the other cheek and drove away without arguing.

The teacher advised Priya to turn the other cheek rather than respond to the bully's taunts.