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

(proverb) to hurt yourself when trying to hurt someone else

Example Sentences:

A: After my girlfriend was so rude to me, I’ve decided to get some revenge.
B: What are you going to do?
A: I’m going to break all of the windows on her car.
B: Isn’t that your car too? Aren’t you cutting off your nose to spite your face?

From the Blogs:

I’ve said Enough Already: Cut Off Nose to Spite Face

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Similar idioms:

1. cut down on
2. cut corners
3. keep one’s nose to the grindstone
4. pay through the nose
5. cut class
6. cut out for something
7. cut one’s teeth
8. cut back on
9. make the cut
10. save face
11. fly in the face of
12. about face
13. get out of one’s face
14. lose face
15. have egg on one’s face