| 词汇 | cut off someone's nose to spite someone's face |
| 释义 | (redirected from cut off someone's nose to spite someone's face)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 faceInjure oneself out of pique. For example, Staying home because Meg was invited first is cutting off your nose to spite your face . Similar hyperboles appeared in several Latin proverbs; in English the expression was first recorded in 1561. cut off your nose to spite your faceorcut your nose off to spite your faceIf someone cuts off their nose to spite their face, or cuts their nose off to spite their face, they do something to punish someone but in doing so harm themselves more than they harm the person they are punishing. The manager would probably like to leave Keane out of the squad but he knows that he'd be cutting his nose off to spite his face in losing a genuinely world-class player. Note: In this expression, `to spite' means to deliberately annoy or upset. cut off your nose to spite your facedisadvantage yourself in the course of trying to disadvantage another.This idea was proverbial for self-defeating malice in both medieval Latin and medieval French, and has been found in English since the mid 16th century. cut off your ˈnose to spite your ˈface(informal) do something, for example because you are angry or proud, that is intended to hurt somebody else but in fact harms you: Keeping your class in after school as a punishment is cutting off your nose to spite your face, because you have to stay with them!This may come from the story of a Viking attack on a monastery. The nuns in the monastery cut off their own noses so that they would not be attractive to their attackers.cut off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face To injure oneself in taking revenge against another. |
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