cut off one's nose to spite one's face
причинить вред себе, желая досадить другому
If David refused to make any advantageous deals, he would be cutting off his nose to spite his face.
Другие идиомы:
- keep one's nose to the grindstone
- to nose down
- rub (someone's) nose in (something)
- keep one's nose out of (something)
- cut a deal
- can't see beyond the end of one's nose
- blow one's nose
- cut (someone) a check
- turn one's nose up at (someone or something)
- poke one's nose into (something)
- cut out for (something)
- follow one's nose
- cut and dried
- cut out the deadwood
- cut from the same cloth