cut your own throat1 HARM/BE BAD FORto behave in a way that will cause harm to yourself, especially because you are very offended or angry about something 自取其辱,自取其咎 He’d just be cutting his own throat if he left now. 他如果现在离开就等于毁了自己。
cut your own throat• It would be silly to give up your job now -- you'd just be cutting your own throat.• You would be cutting your own throat by refusing to accept their generous offer.• To cut our own throats so thoroughly and so hopelessly would require colossal stupidity.
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2 HARM/BE BAD FORto behave in a way that is certain to harm you, especially because you are proud or angry 〔尤指因骄傲或发怒而〕自己害自己,自寻死路cut your own throat• To cut our own throats so thoroughly and so hopelessly would require colossal stupidity.
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