From A Brit, an outsider looking in, isn't it time to start up a third party, A Trump party, get Trump involved to provide legitimacy. Most of these Republican Dickheads need to go. I'm pretty sure most people didn't vote anon Republican senator, these Dickheads just hung on his coattails. Time to drain the republican swamp!!
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hurt oneself in the course of trying to hurt another.
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What Does Don’t Cut Off Your Nose to Spite Your Face Mean? Home » Phrase and Idiom Dictionary » What Does Don’t Cut Off Your Nose to Spite Your Face Mean?
Don’t Cut Off Your Nose to Spite Your Face Meaning Definition: Don’t overreact and do something in anger that is more harmful to you than to others.
Origin of Don’t Cut Off Your Nose to Spite Your Face This expression first appeared in Latin in the 1200s. It didn’t appear in English with its modern phrasing until the 17th century. One of the first matches to the modern phrasing was in Gedéon Tallemant des Réaux’s recounting of the history of France:
Henry IV understood very well that to destroy Paris would be, as they say, to cut off his nose to spite his face. However, versions of the proverb with much the same meaning appeared as early as the 16th century.
People use this expression as a caution against being self-destructive when seeking revenge.
It's something you not supposed to do.
Like dilute your strength and make your enemy relatively stronger with a pointless maneuver