"Cutting off the nose to spite the face" is an expression to describe a needlessly self-destructive over-reaction to a problem: "Don't cut off your nose to spite your face" is a warning against acting out of pique, or against pursuing revenge in a way that would damage oneself more than the object of one's anger.
"Cutting off the nose to spite the face" : "Don't cut off your nose to spite your face" is a warning against acting out of pique, or against pursuing revenge in a way that would damage oneself more than the object of one's anger.
by Asaad Abdo August 8, 2018
Get the cutting off the nose to spite the face mug.If you think someone is dead, you put a mirror under their nose to check if their alive by seeing if the mirror fogs up or not.
Oh my! I think Frank's dead!
Put a mirror under their nose!
Oh. It's fogging up. Frank's just passed out face first from drinking too much. Silly Frank the Tank.
Put a mirror under their nose!
Oh. It's fogging up. Frank's just passed out face first from drinking too much. Silly Frank the Tank.
by GDSquared October 20, 2008
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by insertpseidonym October 31, 2017
Get the i typed this with my nose mug.when someone pretends to grab your nose and then pretends to swallow it, poop it out and stick it back on your face, you now have a poop nose.
by ladeedahdeedah December 29, 2010
Get the Poop Nose mug.When a girl is on her period and she 69's her man. The menstrual blood causes the man's nose to look like that of a clown.
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Get the Clown nose mug.Alice: I downloaded those Kill Hannah songs for you.
Tim: Cheers big ears.
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Tim: Cheers big ears.
Alice: Same goes big nose.
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