| 单词 | to cut off one's nose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cut off one's nose (to spite one's face) (a) to cut off one's nose (to spite one's face): to disadvantage oneself in the course of trying to disadvantage another (usually with the implication that a person knows the likely consequences of his or her actions beforehand). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > be lost [verb (intransitive)] > suffer loss > do something to one's own loss to cut off one's nose (to spite one's face)1788 1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) (at cited word) He cut off his nose to be revenged of his face. Said of one who, to be revenged on his neighbour, has materially injured himself. 1813 J. Poole Hole in Wall i Stub. Then, Emily will marry me to revenge herself upon her faithless captain. Mar. Yes, she'll cut off her nose to be revenged of her face. 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset I. xxiv. 215 I make it a rule never to cut the nose off my own face. 1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay xi. 166 I don't fancy Deering will cut off his nose to spite his face. 1901 ‘G. Douglas’ House with Green Shutters ii. 9 It's cutting off his nose to spite his face! Why is he so anxious to be the only carrier in Barbie that he carries stuff for next to noathing the moment another man tries to work the roads? 1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) xiv. 228 If he hadn't the set on the Sudermans..he wouldn't have wanted to cut off his nose to spite his face. 2000 Times 11 Jan. 44/3 It seems to England's opponents like a case of cutting off one's nose to spite one's face. < as lemmas |
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