kill with kindness
Example Sentences
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But for Kleinzahler, who swallows the persona in one gulp, Keillor is prepared to kill with kindness.
From The Guardian • Apr. 10, 2011
You don't intend to do it but sometimes you can kill with kindness and be too good in feeding your trees if you don't understand how much fertilization the tree needs.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifth Annual Meeting Evansville, Indiana, August 20 and 21, 1914 by Northern Nut Growers Association
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
