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The expression is: Don't cut off your nose TO spite your face. This means: Don't do anything impulsive and self-destructive, especially out of anger, because ultimately you will be the one to suffer.
The precise origin of Don't cut off your nose to spite your face is slightly fuzzy, but it seems to have first appeared around 1200 as a Latin proverb cited by Peter of Blois, a French poet of the day.