kiss the rod

To accept punishment passively. As a child, I always found it best to just kiss the rod—arguing with my parents always made the situation worse.

kiss the rod

accept punishment meekly or submissively.

This idiom refers to a former practice of making a child kiss the rod with which it was beaten. It is used by Shakespeare in Two Gentlemen of Verona: ‘How wayward is this foolish love That, like a testy babe, will scratch the nurse And presently all humbled kiss the rod’.

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释义	kiss the rod kiss the rod To accept punishment passively. As a child, I always found it best to just kiss the rod—arguing with my parents always made the situation worse. See also: kiss, rod Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. kiss the rod accept punishment meekly or submissively. This idiom refers to a former practice of making a child kiss the rod with which it was beaten. It is used by Shakespeare in Two Gentlemen of Verona: ‘How wayward is this foolish love That, like a testy babe, will scratch the nurse And presently all humbled kiss the rod’. See also: kiss, rod Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: as always it was ever so twa it was ever thus thus you can't always get what you want never fails always be on (one's) guard first step is always the hardest the first step is always the hardest References in classic literature Obedient to that religion which commands us to kiss the rod with which the punishment is inflicted, she praised her husband, and publicly approved him. Old Maid
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