"kiss of life" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-kiss of life.ogg [Australia] Forms: kisses of life [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|kisses of life}} kiss of life (plural kisses of life)
  1. (idiomatic, UK) Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Tags: UK, idiomatic Related terms: kiss of death Translations (mouth-to-mouth resuscitation): bouche-à-bouche (French), το φιλί της ζωής (to filí tis zoḯs) [neuter] (Greek), τεχνητή αναπνοή στόμα-με-στόμα (technití anapnoḯ stóma-me-stóma) [feminine] (Greek), análú tarrthála [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-kiss_of_life-en-noun-T16O0Jgp Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

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