kiss of death

If that wasn't the kiss of death, it was an awfully good simulation.

He might be an award winner but when it comes to him predicting winners he is the “kiss of death.”

The report recommended a “fix without release” plan I couldn’t quite comprehend, and it called for input from several city departments, which is always the kiss of death in L.A.

“Keith was heroic in having gay content in his work,” poet John Giorno said, at a time “when we all know that being a gay artist is the kiss of death.”

He joked that competing against himself was probably "the kiss of death."