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jmdict 2179520 Active (id: 2199379)
<entry id="2199379" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2179520</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>天に向かって唾を吐く</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>てんにむかってつばきをはく</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&v5k;</pos>
<xref type="see" seq="2270850">天に唾する</xref>
<misc>&id;</misc>
<gloss>to harm oneself as a result of trying to harm someone else</gloss>
<gloss>to cut off one's nose to spite one's face</gloss>
<gloss g_type="lit">to turn to the sky and spit</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2007-05-30 00:00:00" stat="A">
<upd_detl>Entry created</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2014-12-12 06:49:06" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>id or proverb?</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2014-12-16 22:59:50" stat="A">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>it conjugates, so id if anything</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;id;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2014-12-17 02:11:38" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_detl>let's remove the proverbial gloss then</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -15 +14,0 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;in trying to cause harm to another, one invites disaster upon onelself&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2014-12-17 02:23:45" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>well, i think it was a misglossed idiomatic meaning.

kind of like "to cut off one's nose to spite one's face", but i think that implies intentionality</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -14 +14,2 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;to spit into the wind&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to unintentionally harm oneself (while trying to cause harm to someone else)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss g_type="lit"&gt;to spit into the sky&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2014-12-18 04:43:30" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>GG5</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="2270850"&gt;天に唾する・てんにつばする&lt;/xref&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2017-12-06 11:29:41" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -15,2 +15,5 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;to unintentionally harm oneself (while trying to cause harm to someone else)&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss g_type="lit"&gt;to spit into the sky&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to spit in the wind&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to piss in the wind&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to get caught in your own trap&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to reap what you sow&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss g_type="lit"&gt;to turn to the sky and spit&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2017-12-24 22:29:17" stat="A">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-07-31 11:09:27" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Aligning.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -13 +13 @@
-&lt;xref type="see" seq="2270850"&gt;天に唾する・てんにつばする&lt;/xref&gt;
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="2270850"&gt;天に唾する&lt;/xref&gt;
@@ -15,4 +15,2 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;to spit in the wind&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;to piss in the wind&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;to get caught in your own trap&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;to reap what you sow&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to harm oneself as a result of trying to harm someone else&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to cut off one's nose to spite one's face&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>



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