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cut off one's nose to spite one's face	To harm oneself as a result of attempting to harm an adversary.	Rate it: (5.00 / 2 votes)
in spite of his stature	The person was tall and husky	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
Cut Off Your Nose to Spite Your Face	To make a difficult situation more complicated due to an angry action	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
in spite of	Despite, irrespective of, notwithstanding.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
what's wrong with you	Insulting sense, to imply if something serious is wrong out of spite or to outright say -- Are you stupid?	Rate it: (5.00 / 2 votes)
take one's ball and go home	To cease participating in an activity that has turned to one's disadvantage, especially out of spite, or in a way that prevents others from participating as well.	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
after all	in spite of everything	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
come what may	In spite of anything that might happen; whatever may occur.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
être gros jean comme devant	To be no better off than one was before, in spite of all one’s efforts.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
glutton for punishment	One persistent in an effort in spite of harmful or unpleasant results.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
guts out	To persevere through; to complete in spite of pain, etc.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il crève dans sa peau (fam.)	(lit.) He is extremely fat; (fig.) He is bursting with pride, spite.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il m'a laissé voir le fond du sac	I guessed his intentions in spite of him.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il n'y a pas d'amitié qui tienne	Friendship has nothing to do with the question; It must be done in spite of friendship.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
iram in aliquem effundere	to vent one's anger, spite on some one.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
iram, bilem evomere in aliquem	to vent one's anger, spite on some one.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
je ne laisse pas d'être inquiet	In spite of all that, I am anxious.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pay the piper	To pay a monetary debt or experience unfavorable consequences, especially when the payment or consequences are inevitable in spite of attempts to avoid them.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
se piquer au jeu	(lit.) To continue obstinately to play although losing; (fig.) To go on in an enterprise in spite of all obstacles.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
stand up to	To withstand, to weather, to survive in spite of.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
virus acerbitatis suae effundere in aliquem (De Amic. 23. 87)	to vent one's anger, spite on some one.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)