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cut off one's nose to spite one's face (to do something that is meant to harm someone else but that also harms the person who does it: You can refuse to talk to her if you like, but you're just cutting off your nose to spite your face. КГА) | |||
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just to spite Grandma, I'll freeze my ears off | |||
cut off nose to spite face (kozelski) |
назло маме отморозить уши: 3 phrases in 3 subjects |
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