το γινάτι βγάζει μάτι

Greek

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /toɾa ʝiˈnati ˈvɣazi ˈmati/
  • Hyphenation: το γι‧νά‧τι βγά‧ζει μά‧τι

Proverb

το γινάτι βγάζει μάτι • (to gináti vgázei máti) (literally: Stubbornness takes out your eye)

  1. cutting off one's nose to spite one's face, hoist by one's own petard [1] (of cases where someone stubborn is hurt more than the person with whom they're being stubborn)

References
  1. https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=468872.0
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