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
Rini	-	Dutch
Astrophel	-	Literature
Esperanza	es-pe-RAHN-thah (Spanish), es-pe-RAHN-sah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Miroslav	mee-rah-SLAHF (Russian)	Czech, Slovak, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Medieval Slavic
Edyta	e-DI-tah	Polish
Adorno	[ə'də:nəu]