cut off your nose to spite your face

cut off your nose to spite your face
cut off your nose to spite your face — see nose, 1
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Main Entry:cut
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cut off your nose to spite your face — see nose, 1
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Main Entry:face
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cut off your nose to spite your face
: to do something that is meant to harm someone else but that also harms you

You can refuse to talk to her if you like, but you're just cutting off your nose to spite your face.

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Main Entry:nose
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cut off your nose to spite your face — see nose, 1
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Main Entry:spite

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cut off your nose to spite your ˈface idiom
(informal) to do sth when you are angry that is meant to harm sb else but which also harms you
Main entry:noseidiom

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  • cut off your nose to spite face — cut off (your) nose to spite (your) face to do something because you are angry, even if it will cause trouble for you. The next time he treats me like that, I m just going to quit my job. Isn t that a bit like cutting off your nose to spite your… …   New idioms dictionary

  • cut off your nose to spite your face — make your problem worse, hurt yourself because you dislike yourself    If you abuse drugs to forget a problem, you are cutting off your nose to spite your face …   English idioms

  • cut off your nose to spite your face — Meaning Disadvantage yourself in order to do harm to an adversary. Origin Proverbial …   Meaning and origin of phrases

  • cut off nose to spite your face — cut off (your) nose to spite (your) face to do something because you are angry, even if it will cause trouble for you. The next time he treats me like that, I m just going to quit my job. Isn t that a bit like cutting off your nose to spite your… …   New idioms dictionary

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