cut off one's nose to spite one's face

English

WOTD – 16 December 2011

Italian: darsi la zappa sui piedi, spararsi sui piedi
Romanian: (lit. to hit oneself in the head) a-și da singur în cap, (lit. to steal one's own cap) a-și fura singur căciula
Russian: вы́колю себе́ глаз, пусть у тёщи зять криво́й бу́дет (výkolju sebé glaz, pustʹ u tjóšči zjatʹ krivój búdet) (lit.: I'll poke my own eye out, let my mother-in-law have a one-eyed son-in-law), назло́ ма́ме отморо́жу у́ши (nazló máme otmoróžu úši) (lit: I'll get my ears frostbitten to spite my mom)
Spanish: tirar piedras contra el propio tejado (es), tirar piedras al propio tejado, tirar piedras sobre el propio tejado
Uzbek: burgaga achchiq qilib ko'rpa yoqish (lit. burn a blanket to spite bedbugs)

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