cut off nose to spite face

Related to cut off nose to spite face: don't cut off your nose to spite your face

cut (one's) nose off to spite (one's) face

To seek retribution against someone else in a manner that is ultimately harmful or disadvantageous to oneself. He fired Tom for criticizing his managerial skills, but Tom accounts for nearly 75% of his branch's quarterly sales, so all he's really done is cut his nose off to spite his face. I know you're mad at your parents, but running away is only going to make your own life harder. Don't cut your nose off to spite your face.

cut off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face

To seek retribution against someone else in a manner that is ultimately harmful or disadvantageous to oneself. He fired Tom for criticizing his managerial skills, but Tom accounts for nearly 75% of his branch's quarterly sales, so all he's really done is cut off his nose to spite his face. I know you're mad at your parents, but running away is only going to make your own life harder. Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.

cut off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face

To injure oneself in taking revenge against another.

cut off one's nose to spite one's face, to

To act out of pique in a way that injures oneself more than anyone else. The term appears about 1200 as a Latin proverb recorded by Peter of Blois. It was repeated in the mid-seventeenth century by Gedéon Tallemant des Réaux in recounting the history of France: “Henry IV understood very well that to destroy Paris would be, as they say, to cut off his nose to spite his face.”

词组	cut off nose to spite face
释义	cut off nose to spite face Related to cut off nose to spite face: don't cut off your nose to spite your face cut (one's) nose off to spite (one's) face To seek retribution against someone else in a manner that is ultimately harmful or disadvantageous to oneself. He fired Tom for criticizing his managerial skills, but Tom accounts for nearly 75% of his branch's quarterly sales, so all he's really done is cut his nose off to spite his face. I know you're mad at your parents, but running away is only going to make your own life harder. Don't cut your nose off to spite your face. See also: cut, face, nose, off, spite cut off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face To seek retribution against someone else in a manner that is ultimately harmful or disadvantageous to oneself. He fired Tom for criticizing his managerial skills, but Tom accounts for nearly 75% of his branch's quarterly sales, so all he's really done is cut off his nose to spite his face. I know you're mad at your parents, but running away is only going to make your own life harder. Don't cut off your nose to spite your face. See also: cut, face, nose, off, spite Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. cut off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face To injure oneself in taking revenge against another. See also: cut, face, nose, off, spite American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. cut off one's nose to spite one's face, to To act out of pique in a way that injures oneself more than anyone else. The term appears about 1200 as a Latin proverb recorded by Peter of Blois. It was repeated in the mid-seventeenth century by Gedéon Tallemant des Réaux in recounting the history of France: “Henry IV understood very well that to destroy Paris would be, as they say, to cut off his nose to spite his face.” See also: cut, nose, off, spite The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: bite (one's) nose off to spite (one's) face bite off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face cut (one's) nose off to spite (one's) face cut nose off to spite face cut off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face cut off one's nose to spite one's face cut off your nose to spite your face spite don't cut off your nose to spite your face leave (someone, something, or oneself) (wide) open to (something)
随便看	early early beam early beams early bird early bird catches the worm early bird catches the worm, the early bird special early black early days early doors early grave early money is like yeast(, because it helps to raise the dough) (early) morning dreams come true early on early ripe, early rotten early to bed and early to rise (makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise) Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise early to bed, early to rise (makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise) earmark earmark for earmark for (someone or something) earmuff earmuff it earmuffs! earn