Person 1: “Are you going to give the presentation even though you don’t have all the data results back?”Person 2: “I’ll be fine! I’ll just wing it. Hopefully, the data ends up supporting what I say. ” Person 1: “You’re better off waiting until you have all the information. You don’t want to cut off your nose to spite your face. ”
You’re trying to calm down someone who’s upset and trying to get even. You’re telling someone to pause and think before acting. You’re encouraging the person to focus on the bigger picture and their overall happiness.
“I may have cut off my nose to spite my face, but it’s out of my hands now. I’ll just have to live with the results. “[2] X Research source “I wasn’t here when jobs were being assigned, but I guess I have to take what’s left or I’d be cutting off my nose to spite my face. "
There’s also a gruesome story from the 9th century in which nuns cut off their noses to prevent violence from invading Vikings. Some argue that this is where the idiom came from, but there isn’t historical evidence to support this tale.
