This phrase has biblical ties and was popularized through several different mediums like literature, theater, and film. It had a sudden spike in popularity during the mid-nineteen hundreds. Most people associate it with Judas Iscariot betraying Jesus Christ with a kiss, but some believe that the phrase kiss of death refers to a practice among the American Mafia of bestowing a kiss on someone who has betrayed the Mafia don and is therefore marked for death.

這個短語與圣經(jīng)有關(guān)，并通過文學(xué)、戲劇和電影等不同的媒介傳播開來。它在十九世紀(jì)中葉突然流行，大多數(shù)人將其與加略人猶大用親吻背叛耶穌基督聯(lián)系在一起，但有些人認(rèn)為，“死亡之吻”一詞是指美國黑手黨的一種做法，即向背叛黑手黨的人親吻，因此被標(biāo)記為死亡。