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Cut off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face

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Translation of "cut off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face" into Russian

cut off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face
By refusing to negotiate, he cut off his nose to spite his face.
Отказываясь идти на переговоры, он навредил себе из-за злобы.

Definitions

To act out of anger or spite in a way that ends up causing more harm to oneself than to the intended target; to make a self-destructive decision in an attempt to hurt someone else.