Idiom
suffer in silence
Meaning
To tolerate a bad situation without complaining.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He prefers to suffer in silence rather than complain about his pain.”
“She felt overwhelmed by her workload but chose to suffer in silence instead of asking her manager for help.”
“Despite the mounting pressure and the unfair treatment from his colleagues, he continued to suffer in silence, maintaining a stoic facade that concealed his inner turmoil.”
Examples
simple
“He prefers to suffer in silence rather than complain about his pain.”
contextual
“She felt overwhelmed by her workload but chose to suffer in silence instead of asking her manager for help.”
complex
“Despite the mounting pressure and the unfair treatment from his colleagues, he continued to suffer in silence, maintaining a stoic facade that concealed his inner turmoil.”
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