kiss of death: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 2.

    General EnglishformalliteraryMachine
    • A literal or symbolic kiss that results in death, whether by poisoning, assassination ritual, or other lethal means; historically used to describe ritualized or final condemnations.

    Examples

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    • In ancient tales, the assassin's kiss was considered a literal kiss of death.

      In ancient tales, the assassin's kiss was considered a literal kiss of death.

    • The ritual involved a kiss of death to mark the condemned man’s fate.

      The ritual involved a kiss of death to mark the condemned man’s fate.

    • Legends tell of a poisonous kiss that acted as a kiss of death for the royal rival.

      Legends tell of a poisonous kiss that acted as a kiss of death for the royal rival.

    • The murderer’s kiss was a chilling kiss of death in the story’s climax.

      The murderer’s kiss was a chilling kiss of death in the story’s climax.

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    General EnglishneutralfigurativeMachine
    • An action, decision, endorsement, or event that inevitably leads to failure, ruin, or the end of something's success.
    • A factor or mark that dooms a person, plan, or thing to failure.

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    • His controversial tweet was the kiss of death for his political career.

      His controversial tweet was the kiss of death for his political career.

    • Investing in that failing company turned out to be the kiss of death for their finances.

      Investing in that failing company turned out to be the kiss of death for their finances.

    • The scandal was the kiss of death to the product's chance of success in the market.

      The scandal was the kiss of death to the product's chance of success in the market.

Examples:

  • EN: -Adolph Hitler, May 21, 1935 the World now knew, that a non- aggression pact With Hitler... ..Was the kiss of death.
    ES: Iremos adherir a el Incondlclonalmente. El mundo ahora sabía que aquel Pacto de No Agreslón... de Hltler fue un beso de muerte.
  • EN: This young woman, said medical examiner Roland F. Stauffer, "May have been the victim of a... kiss of death." - Well, no.
    ES: Esta joven, dijo el médico forense Roland Stauffer,... puede haber sido víctima del beso de la muerte.
  • EN: Like he says, it could be she was the victim of a kiss of death.
    ES: Dijo que la chica podía haber sido víctima de un beso mortal.
  • EN: Dr. Roland F. Stauffer, the department's medical examiner, Said the attractive, young waitress was a victim of what he termed a kiss of death.
    ES: El doctor Roland Stauffer, del departamento de medicina legal,... ha dicho que la joven y hermosa camarera fue víctima de lo que calificó como un beso mortal.
  • EN: On occasions they've even seen fit to describe the support of my newspapers as the "kiss of death".
    ES: En ocasiones se han visto incluso tentados para describir el apoyo de mis periódicos como el " el beso de muerte ".
  • EN: The kiss of death.
    ES: El beso de la muerte.
  • EN: Otherwise suspicion, the real kiss of death for love, seeps in.
    ES: ..de otro modo, la desconfianza arruina todas las esperanzas.
  • EN: With all the gear I have to carry, distance is the kiss of death.
    ES: con todas las marchas tengo que llevar, la distancia es el beso de la muerte.
  • EN: The Mafia ritual known as the kiss of death.
    ES: El ritual mafioso conocido como el beso de la muerte.
  • EN: Is that the kiss of death?
    ES: ¿Es ese el beso de la muerte?
  • EN: That's the kiss of death.
    ES: Ese es el beso de la muerte.
  • EN: The kiss of death, dear.
    ES: Los dos ya están casados. No te preocupes.
  • EN: It was like the kiss of death.
    ES: Fue como el beso de la muerte
  • EN: He certainty does know how to put the kiss of death on a party.
    ES: Él sabe bien cómo dar el tiro de gracia a cualquier velada
  • EN: A single, sweet kiss of death.
    ES: Un solo y dulce beso hasta morir.
  • EN: -Adolph Hitler, May 21, 1935 the World now knew, that a non- aggression pact With Hitler... ..Was the kiss of death.
    ES: Iremos adherir a el Incondlclonalmente. El mundo ahora sabía que aquel Pacto de No Agreslón... de Hltler fue un beso de muerte.
  • EN: This young woman, said medical examiner Roland F. Stauffer, "May have been the victim of a... kiss of death." - Well, no.
    ES: Esta joven, dijo el médico forense Roland Stauffer,... puede haber sido víctima del beso de la muerte.
  • EN: Like he says, it could be she was the victim of a kiss of death.
    ES: Dijo que la chica podía haber sido víctima de un beso mortal.
  • EN: Dr. Roland F. Stauffer, the department's medical examiner, Said the attractive, young waitress was a victim of what he termed a kiss of death.
    ES: El doctor Roland Stauffer, del departamento de medicina legal,... ha dicho que la joven y hermosa camarera fue víctima de lo que calificó como un beso mortal.

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