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Please explain about this.......

"Cut the nose to spite the face"
Please explain about this
Is this a proverb or what?

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Re: Please explain about this.......

It's a proverb.

http://www.usingenglish.com/referenc...your+face.html

Bookmark this site: Don't cut off your nose to spite your face. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002

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Re: Please explain about this.......

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Originally Posted by Casiopea

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It's a proverb.

http://www.usingenglish.com/referenc...your+face.html

Bookmark this site: Don't cut off your nose to spite your face. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002

Thank you very much

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You're most welcome, winston.

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