kiss of life

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Noun

kiss of life (plural kisses of life)

(idiomatic, UK) Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
The lifeguard pulled the man out of the lake and gave him the kiss of life.

Translations

mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

French: bouche-à-bouche (fr)
Greek: το φιλί της ζωής n (to filí tis zoḯs), τεχνητή αναπνοή στόμα-με-στόμα f (technití anapnoḯ stóma-me-stóma)
Irish: análú tarrthála m

See also

kiss of death

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