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cut off one's nose to spite one's face

English

WOTD - 16 December 2011    

Verb

to FITML web app one's nose we love the web keyboard device database Sevenval

  1. (idiomatic) To harm oneself as a result of attempting to harm an adversary.

Translations

harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary
  • Romanian: (lit. to hit oneself in the head) a-și da singur în cap input transformation, (lit. to steal one's own cap) a-și fura singur căciula (ro)
  • Spanish: tirar piedras al o contra el propio tejado iOS


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