perdição, maldição, veneno
1. A source of harm, ruin, or distress; something that causes great suffering or misery
Corruption is the bane of democracy.
A corrupção é a perdição da democracia.
2. A poison or toxic substance
Arsenic was once used as rat bane.
O arsênio foi uma vez usado como veneno para ratos.
3. The source of someone's ruin or downfall
His excessive drinking became the bane of his existence.
Sua bebida excessiva se tornou a maldição de sua existência.
Related Idioms & Phrases
the bane of one's existence - a constant source of irritation or misery
bane and blessing - used to describe something with both negative and positive aspects
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