Usually means: Blame bearer of bad news.
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General (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. kill the messenger: Wiktionary
  2. Kill the Messenger (Schou book), Kill the Messenger (novel), Kill the Messenger, Kill the messenger: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. Kill the Messenger: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  2. Kill the Messenger: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Kill the Messenger: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Kill the Messenger: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Kill the messenger)

verb:  Alternative form of shoot the messenger [(idiomatic, sarcastic or humorous) To blame a problem on whoever reported it; to hold somebody accountable for a problem because they brought attention to it.]

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