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单词 turn the other cheek
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Example sentences from the Web for Turn the other cheek

  • Resignation, obstinacy and defiance—all nicely blended under a turn-the-other-cheek exterior.

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Idioms and Phrases with Turn the other cheek

turn the other cheek

Respond meekly or mildly to insult or injury without retaliating. For example, There's no point in arguing with that unreasonable supervisor; just turn the other cheek. This expression comes from the New Testament, in which Jesus tells his followers to love their enemies and offer their other cheek to those who have struck one cheek (Luke 6:29).

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Turn the other cheek


An adaptation of a command of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount: “Ye have heard that it hath been said, “An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth”; 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.”

notes for Turn the other cheek

To “turn the other cheek” is thus to accept injuries and not to seek revenge.

Words nearby Turn the other cheek

turntable ladder, turntablist, turn tail, turn the clock back, turn the corner, Turn the other cheek, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn the trick, turn thumbs down
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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