give the kiss of life

give somebody the kiss of life

(British & Australian)

to help someone who has stopped breathing to breathe again by blowing into their mouth and pressing their chest A doctor who had witnessed the accident gave the victim the kiss of life but failed to revive him.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Koa	-	Hawaiian
Carina (1)	kə-REEN-ə (English), kah-REE-nah (German)	English, Portuguese, Spanish, German, Late Roman
Fearchar	-	Irish, Scottish
Ambroise	-	French
Svante	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Robert	RAH-bərt (English), ro-BER (French), RO-bert (German), RO-bərt (Dutch), RAW-bert (Polish), RO-byert (Russian), RO-beert (Russian)	English, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian, Slovene,