the kiss of death

(informal)

an event or action that causes something to fail or be spoiled (often + for ) Asking Jenny to cook is the kiss of death for any dinner party.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Caterina	-	Italian, Catalan
Zenia	-	English (Rare)
Reeta	RE:-tah	Finnish
Usoa	-	Basque
Petronella	pe-tro-NE-lah (German)	Dutch, German, Swedish
Ulyssa	yoo-LIS-ə	English (Rare)