Kill-joy
[kil-joi] /ˈkɪlˌdʒɔɪ/
noun
1.
a person who spoils the joy or pleasure of others; spoilsport.
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- Kill or cure
Either remedy a disease or kill the patient, as in The copy chief did not like her headline for the drug, “Kill or Cure.” This expression dates from the mid-1700s, when it was already being used half-jokingly.
- Killout
noun A remarkable person or thing; kick (1950s+ Black)
- Kill-shot
noun, Sports. 1. a decisive smashing or punching of a ball with the hand or a racquet such that it is virtually unreturnable, as in volleyball, handball, or badminton.
- Kill the messenger
modifier : In a shoot-the-messenger diversionary tactic, the spotlight swung away from Clarence Thomas and smack onto Totenberg verb phrase To punish the bearer of bad news: Dreyfus is right. Let’s not make the mistake of killing the messenger (1980s+)
- Kill-time
[tahym] /taɪm/ noun 1. the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another. 2. duration regarded as belonging to the present life as distinct from the life to come or from eternity; finite […]