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A 2022-07-30 00:44:04 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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A* 2022-07-30 00:25:38 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
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"in an attempt to" makes it sound like harming oneself is intentional.
Not a proverb. |
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-<misc>&proverb;</misc>
-<gloss>to harm oneself in an attempt to harm someone else</gloss>
+<misc>&id;</misc>
+<gloss>to harm oneself as a result of trying to harm someone else</gloss>
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-<gloss g_type="lit">to spit at the heavens and have one's spit land back on one's face</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">to look up at the sky and spit</gloss> |
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A 2022-07-29 22:54:45 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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A* 2022-07-29 19:07:22 Opencooper
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cut off one's nose to spite one's face:
* OED: hurt oneself in the course of trying to hurt another.
* wikt: To harm oneself as a result of attempting to harm an adversary |
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+<gloss>to cut off one's nose to spite one's face</gloss> |
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A 2022-07-28 23:05:58 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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A* 2022-07-28 21:05:12 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
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I think this is correct |
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-<pos>&v5s;</pos>
+<pos>&vs-c;</pos> |
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A 2018-06-14 16:16:46 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
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-<gloss>harming oneself in an attempt to harm someone else</gloss>
-<gloss g_type="lit">spitting at the heavens and having one's spit land back on one's face</gloss>
+<gloss>to harm oneself in an attempt to harm someone else</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">to spit at the heavens and have one's spit land back on one's face</gloss> |
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A 2014-12-03 03:38:50 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
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+<misc>&proverb;</misc> |
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A 2011-03-06 23:45:20 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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Not very common. |
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-<gloss>to harm oneself in an attempt to harm someone else</gloss>
+<gloss>harming oneself in an attempt to harm someone else</gloss> |
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A* 2011-03-06 20:09:58 Scott
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koj |