CUT OFF ONE'S NOSE TO SPITE ONE'S FACE


Meaning of CUT OFF ONE'S NOSE TO SPITE ONE'S FACE in English

{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./

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