kiss good-bye



kiss something good-bye

to anticipate or experience the loss of something. If you leave your camera on a park bench, you can kiss it good-bye. You kissed your wallet good-bye when you left it in the store.
See also: kiss

kiss good-bye

Be forced to regard as lost, ruined, or hopeless, as in Now that both kids are sick, we'll have to kiss our vacation in Florida good-bye. This usage ironically alludes to a genuine good-bye kiss. [Colloquial; c. 1900] Also see kiss off, def. 2.
See also: kiss

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Jabr-Arabic
Carolinakah-ro-LEE-nah (Italian, Spanish), ka-roo-LEE-nə (Portuguese), ker-ə-LIEN-ə (English), kar-ə-LIEN-ə (English)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Swedish
IrmhildEERM-hiltGerman
MİRaÇ-Turkish
Annetta[ə'netə]
MarielMER-ee-əl, MAR-ee-əlEnglish