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cut off one's nose to spite one's face
cut off one's nose to spite one's face {v. phr.}
Пострадать от действия, изначально предназначенного для причинения вреда другому лицу.
In walking out and leaving his employer in the lurch, John really cut off his nose to spite his face, since no business wanted to hire him afterwards.
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Источник: A Dictionary of American Idioms