to kill with kindness: (verb phrase) to be overly nice,
to make another person uncomfortable with your hospitality
A: " I ate dinner at my girlfriends' parents'
house last night." B: "How was it?" A: " Oh, it was awful. They killed me with kindness." B: " What do you mean?" A: "Her parents forced me to eat too much food and they
insisted on helping me with everything. They wouldn't even let me go
to the bathroom by myself."
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