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cutting off the nose to spite the face

"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
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Put a mirror under their nose

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.
by GDSquared October 20, 2008
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i typed this with my nose

You: I typed this with my nose.
Me: I don't care.
by insertpseidonym October 31, 2017
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Poop Nose

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.
AHAHAHA I GAVE YOU A POOP NOSE
by ladeedahdeedah December 29, 2010
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Clown nose

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.
MAN 1-"Dude, my girl was on her period and we 69'd"
MAN 2-"Holy shit man, you got the clown nose?"
by BIGP312 February 8, 2009
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Same goes big nose.

The correct response to cheers big ears.

If you do not reply like this, you are a moron.
Alice: I downloaded those Kill Hannah songs for you.
Tim: Cheers big ears.
Alice: Same goes big nose.
by AJ_Legend March 18, 2008
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nose goblin

what i go mining for when i am bored at work
cripes... look at the size of that nose goblin. it's all green and bloody
by spanky July 10, 2003
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