cut off your nose to spite your face
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cut off your nose to spite your face — idiom
1. To do something out of anger that hurts yourself more than the person you want t
1.idiom
Definition
To do something out of anger that hurts yourself more than the person you want to hurt.
Example
By quitting in protest, she cut off her nose to spite her face.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face; accept the compromise.