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award-winning metaphor about the limits of tolerance

The Latvian idiom “norīt krupi” literally translates as “to swallow a toad.” In literary English it conveys the act of silently accepting something humiliating, unfair, or unpleasant without protest, usually because resisting would make the situation worse. Possible English equivalents in meaning (though not identical in imagery): to swallow one’s pride, to bite one’s tongue, to swallow the insult, to eat humble pie (closest idiomatic parallel). However, the Latvian phrase has a stronger physical metaphor: it suggests forcing down something repulsive and alive, emphasizing the disgust and internal resistance involved in accepting the situation.