kill something stone deadto completely destroy something or prevent it from being successful 彻底破坏某物;完全阻止某事 The wrong music can kill a commercial stone dead. 不合适的音乐会把一个广告彻底毁掉。
kill something stone dead• Indeed, as expectations can kill the magic stone dead, such occasions are often evoked by going somewhere completely new.
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