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kill with kindness
kill someone with kindness
Fig. to be enormously kind to someone. You are just killing me with kindness. Why? Don't kill them with kindness.
kill somebody with kindness
to get what you want by being very kind to another person While most coaches can be very tough, ours kills his players with kindness.
kill somebody with kindness
to be too kind to someone Rob's killing me with kindness - he phones me all the time to see if I'm alright when really I just need to be left alone.
kill with kindness
Overwhelm or harm someone with mistaken or excessive benevolence. For example, Aunt Mary constantly sends Jane chocolates and cake and other goodies, even though she's been told Jane's on a diet-nothing like killing with kindness . This expression originated as kill with kindness as fond apes do their young (presumably crushing them to death in a hug) and was a proverb by the mid-1500s.