gift that keeps on giving

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Something withcontinuous(typically positive)consequences.; (slang)Asexually transmitted disease.2006, Jeannie Cheatham,Meet Me with Your Black Drawers On: My Life in Music, page130:She fell for his soulful tenor playing, so she gave him thegift that keeps on giving— the clap.2007, Doug Giles,A Time to Clash: Papers from a Provocative Pastor, page202:Plus, there's about a 25% chance that you now have thegift that keeps on giving, an STD.2007, R.H.B. Jackson,Dad and Me, page462:Maybe I was lucky that we did not get together, who knows, maybe she would have given me thegift that keeps on giving.2010, Michael Salvatore,Between Boyfriends, page184:“You gave me thegift that keeps on giving!”[…]“The old man gave Sebastian herpes!”

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