cut off one's nose to spite one's face
1cut off one's nose to spite one's face — ► cut off one s nose to spite one s face disadvantage oneself through a wilful attempt to gain an advantage. Main Entry: ↑nose …
2cut off one's nose to spite one's face — To injure or disadvantage oneself through an act of revenge or anger towards another • • • Main Entry: ↑nose * * * hurt oneself in the course of trying to hurt another …
3cut off one's nose to spite one's face — idi cut off one s nose to spite one s face, to damage oneself by acting spitefully against another …
4cut 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./ …
5cut 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./ …
6cut\ 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 …
7cut off one's nose to spite one's face — make things worse for oneself because one is angry at someone else He is cutting off his nose to spite his face. Taking revenge on his neighbor will only cause more problems for himself …
8cut off one's nose to spite one's face — disadvantage oneself through a wilful attempt to gain an advantage or assert oneself. → nose …
9cut off one's nose to spite one's face — verb To harm oneself as a result of attempting to harm an adversary …
10cut off one's nose to spite one's face — v. cause harm to yourself in order to do harm to an adversary …
