kiss of death

article of death

The moment of death.

betray with a kiss

To betray someone in a seemingly inconspicuous or innocuous manner.

blow a kiss

To kiss one's own hand, then blow on it in a direction towards the recipient.

catch one's death

To contract a serious illness, especially a nasty cold or other respiratory ailment and especially as a result of exposure to wet or chilly weather.

death and taxes

Something which is totally certain.

death by a thousand paper cuts

An ultimate negative outcome, such as the failure of a project, brought about by an excessive number of bureaucratic hurdles.

death by PowerPoint

The boredom or disengagement that an audience experiences from poorly designed or overly verbose presentations using any type of presentation software.

kiss and cry

The publicly viewable enclosure in which figure skaters sit immediately after a performance, while they await and receive the judging results.