词汇 | cut off nose to spite face |
释义 | Idiom cut off nose to spite facecut 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 (one's) nose off 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 your nose off to spite your face—running away is only going to make your life harder. 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) face To injure oneself in taking revenge against another. 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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