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. cause harm to yourself in order to do harm to an adversary

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

CUT OFF ONE'S NOSE TO SPITE ONE'S FACE — disadvantage oneself through a wilful attempt to gain an advantage or assert oneself. → nose
Concise Oxford English vocab
CUT 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 …
Slang English vocab
CUT 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 …
Словарь английских идиом
CUT OFF ONE`S NOSE TO SPITE ONE`S FACE — make things worse for oneself because one is angry - usually at someone else When he decided not to go …
English Idioms vocab
CUT 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 …
American Idioms English vocabulary
CUT OFF ONE'S NOSE TO SPITE ONE'S FACE — v. в порыве злости действовать во вред самому себе, причинять вред себе
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CUT OFF ONE'S NOSE TO SPITE ONE'S FACE — v. в порыве злости действовать во вред самому себе, причинять вред себе
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ONE — one числ. колич.1) один (число 1) one book — одна книга one million — один миллион one half — половина …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
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Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ONE — 1. числ. колич. 1) один ( число 1 ) one book — одна книга one million — один миллион one …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ONE — 1. числ. колич. 1) один (число 1) one book — одна книга one million — один миллион one half — половина one third — одна …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
ONE — 1. _n-card. 1> один; one hundred - сто, сотня; one in a thousand - один на тысячу; редкостный 2> номер …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
ONE — 1. n-card. 1. один; one hundred - сто, сотня; one in a thousand - один на тысячу; редкостный 2. номер …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
ONE — 1. _n-card. 1> один; one hundred сто, сотня; one in a thousand один на тысячу; редкостный 2> номер один, первый; …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
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Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SPITE — I. ˈspīt, usu -īd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, short for despite (I) 1. a. obsolete : an …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOSE — I. ˈnōz noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nosu; akin to Old English nasu nose, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FACE — I. ˈfās noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin facia, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPITE — (v. t.) To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
Английский словарь Webster
SPITE — ( v. t. ) To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPITE — — spiteless , adj. /spuyt/ , n. , v. , spited, spiting . n. 1. a malicious, usually petty, desire …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFF — /awf, of/ , adv. 1. so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NOSE — — noseless , adj. — noselike , adj. /nohz/ , n. , v. , nosed, nosing . n. 1. the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FACE — — faceable , adj. /fays/ , n. , v. , faced, facing . n. 1. the front part of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPITE — I. ˈspīt noun Etymology: Middle English, short for despite Date: 14th century 1. : petty ill will or hatred with …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OFF — I. ˈȯf adverb Etymology: Middle English of, from Old English — more at of Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NOSE — I. ˈnōz noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nosu; akin to Old High German nasa nose, Latin nasus Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FACE — I. ˈfās noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin * facia, from Latin facies make, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CUT — I. ˈkət verb ( cut ; cut·ting ) Etymology: Middle English cutten Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPITE — noun vexation; chargrin; mortification. 2. spite ·vt to be angry at; to hate. 3. spite ·vt to treat maliciously; to …
Webster English vocab
OFF — adv denoting opposition or negation. 2. off ·interj away; begone; a command to depart. 3. off ·adv in a …
Webster English vocab
NOSE — noun the power of smelling; hence, scent. 2. nose ·vi to pry officiously into what does not concern one. 3. …
Webster English vocab
FACE — vi to present a face or front. 2. face ·noun the style or cut of a type or font of …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
SPITE — [spite] n [ME, short for despite] (14c) 1: petty ill will or hatred with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NOSE — [nose] n [ME, fr. OE nosu; akin to OHG nasa nose, L nasus] (bef. 12c) 1 a: the part of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPITE — spite BrE AmE spaɪt ▷ spited ˈspaɪt ɪd -əd AmE ˈspaɪt̬ əd ▷ spites spaɪts ▷ spiting ˈspaɪt ɪŋ AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SPITE — / spaɪt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ U ] a feeling of wanting to hurt or upset …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — / ɒf; NAmE ɔːf; ɑːf/ adverb , preposition , adjective , noun , verb ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOSE — / nəʊz; NAmE noʊz/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] the part of the face that sticks …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FACE — / feɪs; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun FRONT OF HEAD 1. the front part of the head between …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CUT — / kʌt; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( cut·ting , cut , cut ) WOUND / HOLE 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPITE — I. spite 1 W3 /spaɪt/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: despite (noun) (13-20 centuries) ; ⇨ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFF — I. off 1 S1 W1 /ɒf $ ɒːf/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . away from a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NOSE — I. nose 1 S2 W2 /nəʊz $ noʊz/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: nosu ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FACE — I. face 1 S1 W1 /feɪs/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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