kill (one) with kindness

To harm, inconvenience, or bother one by treating them with excessive favor or kindness. The phrase originated as the expression "kill with kindness as fond apes do their young," referring to the notion that such animals sometimes crushed their offspring by hugging them too hard. I love talking to Grandma, but she calls me twice a day to see how I'm doing—right now she's killing me with kindness.

kill someone with kindness

Fig. to be enormously kind to someone. You are just killing me with kindness. Why? Don't kill them with kindness.

kill with kindness

Overwhelm or harm someone with mistaken or excessive benevolence. For example, Aunt Mary constantly sends Jane chocolates and cake and other goodies, even though she's been told Jane's on a diet-nothing like killing with kindness . This expression originated as kill with kindness as fond apes do their young (presumably crushing them to death in a hug) and was a proverb by the mid-1500s.

kill someone with kindness

If you kill someone with kindness, you treat them too kindly when this is not what they need or want. `He is killing me with kindness,' Sallie says. `He's just too attentive.'

kill someone with (or by) kindness

spoil someone by overindulging them.

This expression dates back to the mid 16th century; it famously appears in the title of Thomas Heywood's play A Woman Killed with Kindness ( 1607 ).

ˌkill somebody with ˈkindness

harm somebody by being too kind to them, usually without realizing what you are doing: The patient needs lots of exercise. Don’t let him stay in bed — you’ll kill him with kindness. OPPOSITE: be cruel to be kind

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释义	kill (one) with kindness kill (one) with kindness To harm, inconvenience, or bother one by treating them with excessive favor or kindness. The phrase originated as the expression "kill with kindness as fond apes do their young," referring to the notion that such animals sometimes crushed their offspring by hugging them too hard. I love talking to Grandma, but she calls me twice a day to see how I'm doing—right now she's killing me with kindness. See also: kill, kindness Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. kill someone with kindness Fig. to be enormously kind to someone. You are just killing me with kindness. Why? Don't kill them with kindness. See also: kill, kindness McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. kill with kindness Overwhelm or harm someone with mistaken or excessive benevolence. For example, Aunt Mary constantly sends Jane chocolates and cake and other goodies, even though she's been told Jane's on a diet-nothing like killing with kindness . This expression originated as kill with kindness as fond apes do their young (presumably crushing them to death in a hug) and was a proverb by the mid-1500s. See also: kill, kindness The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. kill someone with kindness If you kill someone with kindness, you treat them too kindly when this is not what they need or want. `He is killing me with kindness,' Sallie says. `He's just too attentive.' See also: kill, kindness, someone Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. kill someone with (or by) kindness spoil someone by overindulging them. This expression dates back to the mid 16th century; it famously appears in the title of Thomas Heywood's play A Woman Killed with Kindness ( 1607 ). See also: kill, kindness, someone Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary ˌkill somebody with ˈkindness harm somebody by being too kind to them, usually without realizing what you are doing: The patient needs lots of exercise. Don’t let him stay in bed — you’ll kill him with kindness. OPPOSITE: be cruel to be kind See also: kill, kindness, somebody Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: kill somebody with kindness kill someone with kindness kill with kindness do (one) a kindness do a kindness kill with kindness, to leave (one) to (someone's) tender mercies leave to someone's tender mercies much obliged oblige
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