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jmdict 2179520 Active (id: 2199379)
天に向かって唾を吐く
てんにむかってつばきをはく
1. [exp,v5k] [id]
▶ to harm oneself as a result of trying to harm someone else
▶ to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
▶ [lit] to turn to the sky and spit
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2270850 天に唾する 1. to harm oneself as a result of trying to harm someone else; to cut off one's nose to spite one's face; to spit at the sky

Conjugations


History:
9. A 2022-07-31 11:09:27  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Aligning.
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2270850">天に唾する・てんにつばする</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2270850">天に唾する</xref>
@@ -15,4 +15,2 @@
-<gloss>to spit in the wind</gloss>
-<gloss>to piss in the wind</gloss>
-<gloss>to get caught in your own trap</gloss>
-<gloss>to reap what you sow</gloss>
+<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>
8. A 2017-12-24 22:29:17  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
7. A* 2017-12-06 11:29:41  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -15,2 +15,5 @@
-<gloss>to unintentionally harm oneself (while trying to cause harm to someone else)</gloss>
-<gloss g_type="lit">to spit into the sky</gloss>
+<gloss>to spit in the wind</gloss>
+<gloss>to piss in the wind</gloss>
+<gloss>to get caught in your own trap</gloss>
+<gloss>to reap what you sow</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">to turn to the sky and spit</gloss>
6. A 2014-12-18 04:43:30  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2270850">天に唾する・てんにつばする</xref>
5. A* 2014-12-17 02:23:45  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
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
  Diff:
@@ -14 +14,2 @@
-<gloss>to spit into the wind</gloss>
+<gloss>to unintentionally harm oneself (while trying to cause harm to someone else)</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">to spit into the sky</gloss>
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