take lying down

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

take lying down (third-person singular simple present takes lying down, present participle taking lying down, simple past took lying down, past participle taken lying down)

1. (transitive) To endure without complaint or protest.

   I don't know what they expect, but I am certainly not going to take this lying down.

   • 2020 June 4, UCA News Reporter, “Thai activists get creative to mark Tianamen massacre”, in La Croix International‎^[1], Bayard, archived from the original on 5 June 2020:

     Thai police prevented a commemoration on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre from taking place outside the Chinese embassy in Bangkok. Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, the event's young organizer, didn't take it lying down, though.

Translations

endure without complaint

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 逆來順受／逆来顺受 (zh) (nìláishùnshòu), 袖手旁觀／袖手旁观 (zh) (xiùshǒupángguān), 忍氣吞聲／忍气吞声 (zh) (rěnqìtūnshēng), 隱忍不發／隐忍不发 (yǐnrěnbùfā)

• Finnish: niellä purematta
• French: accepter sans protester, accepter sans broncher, accepter sans rien dire
• Polish: po cichu znosić impf
• Portuguese: engolir (pt)