
Turn the other cheek
Meanings
To answer an offense or attack with meekness and humility
Examples
When someone offends me I always try to be above it and to turn the other cheek, but I just can't do it and I reciprocate an eye for an eye
Quando qualcuno mi offende io tento sempre di essere superiore e di porgere l'altra guancia, ma non ce la faccio, è più forte di me, devo rispondere occhio per occhio
How many times can a man turn the other cheek before he blows up in anger?
Quante volte un uomo può porgere l'altra guancia prima di esplodere?Origin
This expression of Biblical origin, which literally means to allow or even invite another slap in the face, restates the words of Jesus Christ in His Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:38 - 39)