kiss of death vs misfortune

kiss of death

noun
  • Something that may seem good and favourable but that actually brings ruin to hopes, plans, etc. 

  • A kiss on the cheek that signifies the death of the receiver, as delivered by a mob boss or one with such influence. 

misfortune

noun
  • Bad luck. 

  • An undesirable event such as an accident. 

How often have the words kiss of death and misfortune occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )