| 单词 | kiss of death |
| 释义 | kiss of deathsingular noun If you say that a particular event is the kiss of death for something, you mean that it is certain to make them fail or be a disaster. Trying to please an audience is the kiss of death for an artist. [+ for] [Also + to]kiss of death in British Englishnoun an act or relationship that has fatal or disastrous consequences Word origin from Judas' kiss that betrayed Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane (Mark 14:44–45)kiss of death in American English US an action or quality, often seemingly helpful, which is actually harmful or ruinous |
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