Trying to please an audience is the kiss of death for an artist.

试图取悦观众对艺术家来说无疑是自取灭亡。

You which is the kiss of death.

你这是自寻死路。

Oh my God, this award is the kiss of death!

哦我的天哪，这个奖真是个死神之吻！

Again, the loss of interest in a business is almost certainly the kiss of death.

再说一次，失去做生意的兴趣几乎就是死神之吻。

When employees don't deliver the brand, it can be the kiss of death for a business.

当员工不把牌子，就可以亲吻死亡的一项业务。

Stress can be the kiss of death or the spice of life. The issue, really, is how to manage it.

压力可以是死亡之吻也可以是生活中的一剂调味料，关键是你怎样去掌控它。

So this thwack is hardly the kiss of death for Goldman or even major damage to its business model.

所以这个重击对高盛而言并非死亡之吻，甚至对它的业务模式也没有重大伤害。

It would be the kiss of death for the company if it could be proved that the food was unsafe.

如果能够证明那食品是不安全的话，这将给公司以致命的一击。

When the chairman said he had every confidence in me, I knew it was the kiss of death. A week later I was looking for another job.

董事长说他对我很有信心时，我知道大事不妙了，一周之后我便另谋出路了。

When they merrily suggested the merge of two companies, I knew it was the kiss of death. A massive cutdown took place a week later.

当他们高兴地提出合并两家公司的时候，我知道大事不妙了。一周后便开始了大型裁员。

Answer: For many job seekers, a simple job-description statement is the kiss of death: "Three years of relevant experience required."

回答：在许多求职者看来，一项简单的职位描述成了他们的“死亡通知书”：“需要三年相关经验”。

It is said that when the Vikings see a Valkyrie, they will wildly cheer for their doom, and wait for the kiss of death from Valkyrie.

这是说，当看到一个女武神的海盗，他们会疯狂地欢呼他们的厄运，并等待从女武神死神之吻。

We fear that the latest run on WTI will be the kiss of death for a global economy that was trying to avoid the possibility of a double-dip recession.

我们担心，对于正在设法避免双底衰退的全球经济来说，WTI（西德克萨斯州中质原油）的最新走势将是死亡之吻。

With only 300,000 people in the country and the fact that Iceland is a remote island location, the company said that the 2009 financial crisis had been the kiss of death.

麦当劳公司称，考虑到冰岛四面环海，地理位置偏远，而且仅有30万人口，2009年的金融危机可谓是死亡之吻。

Too often, organizers allow sponsoring companies to give promotional presentations, which is counter-productive. It can be the kiss of death for presenter and audience alike.

在很多情况下，主办方会允许赞助企业进行推广展示，但结果往往事与愿违，白白葬送了演讲者和听众。

Opponents of the project argued that a rival airport could be the kiss of death for KLIA, which opened in 1998, caters for around 25m passengers a year and aspires to be a regional hub.

该计划的反对者则辩称，一个竞争的机场对吉隆坡国际机场可能是死亡之吻。 吉隆坡国际机场于1998年启用，每年旅客吞吐量约为2500万，一直想成为地区性航空枢纽。

The two companies now have 90% of a $1.7 billion market, in what local news media termed a “kiss of death” to Filipinos.

这两家公司现在占有17亿美元烟草市场份额的90％，当地新闻媒体称烟草为菲律宾人的“死亡之吻”。

This is behavioral art, describing the kiss of the death to the basket.

这是行为艺术，是在描绘对篮筐的死亡之吻。