Answer:
Answer: kissing the cross.
Explanation:
Puritans were Protestant. There is no circumstance in the world that would make them kiss the cross. So the key phrase I think would be kissing the cross. There are other phrases that you could use, but I think the main one is kissing the cross. It is quite a powerful demand and answered negatively whenever it is suggested. It is the refusal that you should pay attention to. That is the Puritan Influence.
Answer:
I believe it's a metaphor, although there's a possibility that it's an idiom.
Actually scratch that it's a metaphor.
