A few days ago
The Phrase “Shoot Off Your Nose To Spite Your Face”?
Where did it come from and what exactly does it mean?
Im pretty sure its not Shakespear.
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A few days ago
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I’ve often been curious myself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutting_off_the_nose_to_spite_the_face
Basically it means damaging yourself in the process of accomplishing something to hurt someone else.
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A few days ago
CUT off your nose to spite your face.
It means to do yourself harm to merely harm yourself.
It was first used by Gedeon Tallement des Deaux written in 1658, so it is probably older than that
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A few days ago
Its cut off your nose. It means that you make yourself ugly to make a point. IF the consequence is worse than the point, than let it go. Its kinda like stapling your hand to show that the stapler is working.
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