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cut off nose to spite face
cut off your nose to spite your face
to hurt yourself in an effort to punish someone else If you stay home because your ex-husband will be at the party, aren't you just cutting 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 face?'
cut off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face
To injure oneself in taking revenge against another.