the kiss of death

基本解释

Oh my God, this award is the kiss of death!
哦我的天哪，這個獎真是個死神之吻！
Huffman strongly suggests avoiding threads which in Python are “the kiss of death, a recipe for slowness”.
Huffman強烈建議避免使用線程，在Python中這就是“死亡之吻，緩慢之道”。
Opponents of the project argued that a rival airport could be the kiss of death for KLIA, which opened in 1998, caters for around 25m passengers a year and aspires to be a regional hub.
該計劃的反對者則辯稱，一個競爭的機場對吉隆坡國際機場可能是死亡之吻。吉隆坡國際機場於1998年啓用，每年旅客吞吐量約爲2500萬，一直想成爲地區性航空樞紐。

We still think that genetically engineered crops are good, but out story, it seems, was the kiss of death for the stock.
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Sir Hartley found himself named as a likely future prime minister, a prediction bestowed on many politicians that is usually the kiss of death.
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Of course, if you deal with the IRS on a regular basis, you know that using a paper app is the kiss of death: be prepared to wait four to six weeks for processing.
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