cut off (someone's) nose to spite (someone's) face
Übersetzungen
навредить себе, чтобы досадить другому
He refused to apologize, but he was just cutting off his nose to spite his face.
Он отказался извиняться, но просто вредил себе, чтобы досадить другому.
Definitionen
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.