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"Spite your face" ??

Hi, there.
I saw the 'LEGO' spiderman film. It was really fun. :^) This animation is made by "Spite your face" -The animation company, right? But I don't understand that meaning "Spite your face." Does that mean "Hurt your face yourself"?
On what situation can I use this expression?
Thanks,
Marty.
  

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[nq:1]Hi, there. I saw the 'LEGO' spiderman film. It was really fun.

  • [nq:1]Hi, there.
  • I saw the 'LEGO' spiderman film.
  • It was really fun.
  • :[/nq]^) [nq:1]This animation is made by "Spite your face" -The animation company, right?
  • " Does that mean "Hurt your face yourself"?
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[nq:1]Hi, there. I saw the 'LEGO' spiderman film. It was really fun. :[/nq]^)
[nq:1]This animation is made by "Spite your face" -The animation company, right? But I don't understand that meaning "Spite your face." Does that mean "Hurt your face yourself"? On what situation can I use this expression?[/nq]
It probably comes from teh idiom "to cut off your nose to spite your face2, which roug
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[nq:1]Hi, there. I saw the 'LEGO' spiderman film. It was really fun. :[/nq]^)
[nq:1]This animation is made by "Spite your face" -The animation company, right? But I don't understand that meaning "Spite your face." Does that mean "Hurt your face yourself"? On what situation can I use this expression?[/nq]
I suspect never.

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[nq:1]Hi, there. I saw the 'LEGO' spiderman film. It was really fun. :[/nq]^)
[nq:1]This animation is made by "Spite your face" -The animation company, right? But I don't understand that meaning "Spite your face." Does that mean "Hurt your face yourself"? On what situation can I use this expression? Thanks, Marty.[/nq]
The expression itself, "he cut off his nose to spite his face", means,
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[nq:1]The expression itself, "he cut off his nose to spite his face", means, from my understanding, that you've done something that you thought would be helpful to yourself but it turned out to be the exact opposite.[/nq]
No, the phrase refers to an act of sulky, childish petulance, disadvantaging oneself in order to do harm to an opponent or adversary.
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[nq:2]The expression itself, "he cut off his nose to spite ... yourself but it turned out to be the exact opposite.[/nq]
[nq:1]No, the phrase refers to an act of sulky, childish petulance, disadvantaging oneself in order to do harm to an opponent or adversary.[/nq]
Makes sense. There is the sense of unruliness and stupidly, which my explanation didn't convey.
Thanks,
Alanb

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