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单词 kibosh
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kibosh or kybosh/ʹkiebosh/

put the kibosh on

to ruin or put an end to (a plan, etc)

Worse, the wife does the one thing absolutely guaranteed to put the kibosh on the whole matter. She says she'll forgive him — Daily Mirror

of obscure origin, possibly Yiddish. There is a connection with money, and the phrase put the kibosh on could have something to do with paying off a debt, like the image suggested by put paid to
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