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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.
It means taking out our anger in a way that makes things worse.... for example, you are angry at your face for being blemished- so you decide to get even with your face by cutting your nose off. It only punishes you, it makes things worse, and in the end only you suffer. Another example is- you want to go into a restaurant.