| 词组 | cut off one's nose to spite one's face |
| 释义 | Idiom cut off one's nose to spite one's face Theme: HARM a phrase meaning that one harms oneself in trying to punish another person. (The phrase is variable in form. Note the examples.)Billy loves the zoo, but he refused to go with his mother because he was mad at her. He cut off his nose to spite his face.Find a better way to be angry. It is silly to cut your nose off to spite your face. cut off (one's) nose to spite (one's) faceTo use self-destructive means in an attempt to solve a problem or fix a situation. I know you're mad at your dad, but don't cut off your nose to spite your face—running away is only going to make your life harder. cut off one's nose to spite one's faceInjure oneself out of pique. For example, Staying home because Meg was invited first is cutting off your nose to spite your face . Similar hyperboles appeared in several Latin proverbs; in English the expression was first recorded in 1561. cut off one's nose to spite one's face, toTo 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.” |
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