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  • cut off your 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

  • 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

  • don’t cut off your nose to spite your face — A warning against spiteful revenge which results in one’s own hurt or loss. The metaphorical phrase to cut off one’s nose to spite one’s face is very frequently found. Cf. medieval L. male ulciscitur dedecus sibi illatum, qui amputat nasum suum,… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • Cutting off the nose to spite the face — is an expression used to describe a needlessly self destructive over reaction to a problem: Don t cut off your nose to spite your face is a warning against acting out of pique, or against pursuing revenge in a way that would damage oneself more… …   Wikipedia

  • 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

  • cut off 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 — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you cut something off, you remove it with a knife or a similar tool. [V P n (not pron)] Mrs Kreutz cut off a generous piece of the meat... [V n P n (not pron)] He cut me off a slice... [V n P …   English dictionary

  • cut off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms cut off : present tense I/you/we/they cut off he/she/it cuts off present participle cutting off past tense cut off past participle cut off 1) to remove something by cutting it Cut the tops off the carrots. Why …   English dictionary

  • cut off one's nose to spite one's face — {v. phr.} To suffer from an action intended originally to harm another person. * /In walking out and leaving his employer in the lurch, John really cut off his nose to spite his face, since no business wanted to hire him afterwards./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cut off one's nose to spite one's face — {v. phr.} To suffer from an action intended originally to harm another person. * /In walking out and leaving his employer in the lurch, John really cut off his nose to spite his face, since no business wanted to hire him afterwards./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cut\ off\ one's\ nose\ to\ spite\ one's\ face — v. phr. To suffer from an action intended originally to harm another person. In walking out and leaving his employer in the lurch, John really cut off his nose to spite his face, since no business wanted to hire him afterwards …   Словарь американских идиом

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