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Thread #23248   Message #256533
Posted By: MMario
12-Jul-00 - 02:36 PM
Thread Name: Help: English Idiom Dictionary
Subject: RE: Help: English Idiom Dictionary
there are a number - but I've never found two phrases in a row I've been looking for in the same one.

1796 Grose's Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3)
s.v., He cut off his nose to be revenged of his face. Said of one who, to be revenged on his neighbour, has materially injured himself.