出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第158页(201字)
指受了气勉强忍耐,把话吞在肚子里不敢说出来,例他受尽欺凌却又无力反抗,只有忍气吞声地过日子。
Being unable to fight back,he suffered the insults silently and somehow managed to get through the days.