turn the other cheek

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

Verb

 * 1)  To accept punishment or injury without retaliating.

Translations

 * Catalan: girar l'altra galta
 * Danish: vende den anden kind til
 * Finnish: kääntää toinenkin poski
 * French:
 * German: die andere Wange hinhalten, die andere Backe hinhalten
 * Hungarian: másik arc odafordítása/odatartása
 * Italian: porgere l'altra guancia
 * Latin: vertō alteram maxillam
 * Polish: nadstawiać drugi policzek,
 * Portuguese: dar a outra face, oferecer a outra face
 * Russian: подста́вить другу́ю щёку
 * Spanish: poner la otra mejilla
 * Swedish: vända andra kinden till