cut off one's nose to spite one's face

Verb

 * 1)  To harm oneself as a result of attempting to harm an adversary.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: wie zijn neus schendt schendt zijn aangezicht
 * Finnish: sattua omaan nilkkaan
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian: darsi la zappa sui piedi, spararsi sui piedi
 * Polish: na złość babci odmrozić sobie uszy
 * Romanian: a-și da singur în cap,  a-și fura singur căciula
 * Russian: вы́колю себе́ глаз, пусть у тёщи зять криво́й бу́дет (lit.: I'll poke my own eye out, let my mother-in-law have a one-eyed son-in-law), (lit: I'll get my ears frostbitten to spite my mom)
 * Spanish:, tirar piedras al propio tejado, tirar piedras sobre el propio tejado
 * Uzbek: burgaga achchiq qilib koʻrpa yoqish