cutting off

Noun

Meaning

the act of cutting something off

the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends

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Examples

The Stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes. Jonathan Swift

Certain people in the United States are driving nails into this structure of our relationship, then cutting off the heads. So the Soviets must use their teeth to pull them out. Mikhail Gorbachev

Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength. Aldous Huxley

Why do they do it?" whispered Horeb. "Their eyes, you mean?" said Rek. "Yes. How can a man put out his own eyes?" "Damned if I know. They say it aids their visions." "Sounds about as sensible as cutting off your staff in order to aid your sex life. David Gemmell

A dog will not make himself look like a horse just by cutting off his tail. Hindi Proverb

Cutting off a mule's ears doesn't make it a horse. Creole Proverb

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