KISS OF DEATH


Meaning of KISS OF DEATH in English

Etymology: so called from the betraying kiss with which Judas pointed out Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane (Mark 14: 44-45)

: an act or association ultimately causing ruin

track bucks baseball but this need not be the automatic kiss of death — Tommy O'Brien

for an American to offer … friendship meant the kiss of death — for the Russian — Gouverneur Paulding

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.