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kiss of death

/ˈkɪs əv dɛθ/

翻译: 指导致必然失败或毁灭的行为或事件,常用于形容看似有益实则带来灾难的事物。

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/ˈkɪs əv dɛθ/C1informal
  • zh指导致必然失败或毁灭的行为或事件,常用于形容看似有益实则带来灾难的事物。

An action or event that causes certain failure or ruin, often used to describe something that seems helpful but actually leads to disaster.

  1. Something that causes failureC1informal

    An action, event, or association that inevitably leads to ruin or failure.

    zh死亡之吻

    • Being associated with that scandal was the kiss of death for his political career.
    • The negative review was the kiss of death for the new restaurant.
    • For a startup, a bad reputation can be the kiss of death.