Eran Zahavi

I was treated like a state enemy after throwing the captain's armband. Things went a lot further than I thought. I am the only one that paid a price as I'm no longer part of the national team. I sacrificed myself so that the team won't be booed anymore and players won't be cursed.

Israeli Athlete

Moses

See, I have set before you this day life and good, death and evil... I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life.

Clergyman

Mary Lambert

To be honest, I used to hate shopping. I rarely left a store without crying, cursing my body, and swearing under my breath at the fashion industry.

American Musician

Allen Iverson

I'm a father; I'm a friend. I think I've got the biggest heart in the world. A lot of times, that's not a good thing. It's a gift and a curse.

American Athlete

Kenan Thompson

Comedy is here to bring joy to the world, whether you want to hear the curse words or not.

American Comedian

Michael Sheen

My tragedy is that all I want is a dog, and yet I have been cursed with cats all my life.

Welsh Actor

Alex Jones

My life is a love letter to humanity. What the globalists do is a hate letter, a curse.

American Activist

Martti Ahtisaari

Perhaps it's a curse, but when you are a Lutheran, you have a sense of responsibility.

Finnish Politician

Kim Zolciak-Biermann

It's a blessing and a curse to have your whole life viewed by millions.

American Celebrity

Paul Keating

The great curse of modern political life is incrementalism.

Australian Politician

Often associated with superstitions or magical beliefs involving bad luck.

Superstitious Origin

Can be used literally for actual cursing, or figuratively to express frustration.

Literal vs. Figurative

Indicates strong emotion, typically anger or annoyance.

Anger Expression

Considered rude or offensive in formal and public settings.

Social Appropriateness

Represents or symbolizes ongoing problems or misfortune.

Symbolic of Harm

Appears in many cultures' legends and stories as a cause of distress.

Cultural References

Implying a desire for someone else to experience difficulties or harm.

Wishing Misfortune

The act of cursing someone can be a release of negative emotions.

Emotional Impact

 Passengers paid a fare to be carried from one side of the Grand Canal to the other, as well as to other points around the city. But gondoliers soon developed a bad rap. Historical documents describe numerous infractions involving boatmen, including cursing, gambling, extorting passengers -- even occasional acts of violence.

Corruption, wealth and...

 you realize two of the students have been cursed. At any time, one or both of them might lie, though they also might tell the truth. You know for sure that the curse didn't get you, but you don't know which students can't be trusted, and because the possessed students may lie only occasionally,

Can you solve the temple...

 What can you do? Are you doomed to remain in the dungeon with your newfound treasure forever? You're tempted to kick the pile of coins and curse the curiosity that brought you here. But at the last moment, you stop yourself. You just realized there's a surprisingly easy solution.

Can you solve the dark...

 the character development, the virtues of patience, forbearance, compassion, you know, the things that make sure that these devices, however advanced, become a blessing and not a curse? Seems to be me that humanity itself needs an upgrade.

A Black man goes...

 may the curse can follow me you guys be okay in this tribe so and then at the same time i convinced my own father because my father said oh lala you you know you have to go to the government you know your friends went to the government go

Lale Labuko: Rescuing...

 they should be able to help stop him. The evil wizard’s protective charms ward off every spell you know, so in an act of desperation you throw the only object in reach at Pythagoras’s cursed chessboard. It works, but with a catch.

Can you solve the...

 and in my case, rejection was my curse, was my boogeyman. It has bothered me my whole life because I was running away from it. Then I started embracing it. I turned that into the biggest gift in my life.

What I learned from 100...

 to protect the turtles a brave thing to do we were met with tremendous resistance people would pelt us at night i have had persons um insult me and my heart person cursed me or that person physically

Saving Leatherback...

 blessing and a certain curse so our student team dove headfirst into the unfamiliar world of fundraising and we spent countless hours after school learning how to translate those text

Building bridges and...

 they begged for mercy, and the twins spoke their curse. Henceforth, the lords would have no sacrifices and no power over the surface world. Their days of terrorizing humans were over.

Curse

A word or phrase spoken to bring bad luck or harm to someone.

Often appears as...

To use strong rude language when you are angry.

Often appears as...

Usage tips

Something that causes harm or trouble.

Often appears as...

To ask or wish for something bad to happen to someone or something.

Often appears as...

Superstitious Origin

Literal vs. Figurative

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