| 释义 |
●cut off your ˈnose to spite your ˈface (informal) do sth, for example because you are angry or proud, that is intended to hurt sb else but in fact harms you 因一时恼怒（或骄傲）害了自己；想伤害他人结果反倒害了自己◆Keeping your class in after school as a punishment is cutting off your nose to spite your face, because you have to stay with them!放学后罚学生留堂反而对自己不利，你不也得跟他们一起留下来嘛！ ORIGIN This may come from the story of a Viking attack on a monastery. The nuns in the monastery cut off their own noses so that they would not be attractive to their attackers. 这个习语或许源于维金人袭击修道院的故事。修道院中的修女为了让袭击者觉得自己难看而割掉自己的鼻子。 |