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Meaning of "poisoned chalice"
poisoned chalice: An idiomatic expression used to describe a situation, position, or responsibility that appears desirable but is likely to be damaging or difficult
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- Something which is initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful; an apparently beneficial or benign instrument or scheme for causing death or harm.
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poisoned chalice
She reaches for the poisoned chalice.
The poisoned chalice.
And this feels like a poisoned chalice.
A poisoned chalice for Paris and Helen.
But what he has given us is a poisoned chalice.
The test of the poisoned chalice or the triumph of faith.
This proved something of a poisoned chalice.
Such is the poisoned chalice of Russophobia.
I always knew my job was a poisoned chalice.
A poisoned chalice is brought in, and Anastasia falls their first victim.
The only legacy is a poisoned chalice.
Poisoned chalice ( plural poisoned chalices ).
We must make sure that it is not a poisoned chalice.
We are a poisoned chalice.
What looked to be a gift of an opportunity was actually a poisoned chalice.
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Aid can be a poisoned chalice.
I always say the best thing to do when you are handed a poisoned chalice.
Is the great and glorious poisoned chalice of money and fame.
They would be right not to thank us for such a poisoned chalice.
Donald Trump and the poisoned chalice of the US economy.
Following Zidane was always going to be something of a poisoned chalice.
To pass these defendants a poisoned chalice is to put it to our lips as well ”.
FF soon found that its spectacular victory was in fact a poisoned chalice.
Cloud died of a poisoned chalice found at the park. I know.
This evenhanded justice commends the ingredience of our poisoned chalice to our own lips.
It ´ s a poisoned chalice.
But I think you may have been handed a poisoned chalice.
Ever since, delivering Brexit has been a poisoned chalice for Cameron 's successor.
With the charging of customs duties, any such offering becomes a poisoned chalice.
Friends regard as a poisoned chalice.
Although I fear you have inherited something of a poisoned chalice.
Slovakia, Being an export champion is a poisoned chalice - Pravda ( Bratislava ).
Unhappy am I that I still survive and have drunk the poisoned chalice.
When you're handed a poisoned chalice.
Congratulations . Although I fear you have inherited something of a poisoned chalice.
To our own lips. of our poisoned chalice.
That said, it turned out to be something of a poisoned chalice.
In that sense, this job is a poisoned chalice.
Please believe that . But I think you may have been handed a poisoned chalice.
I will not pretend it 's not a poisoned chalice.
Under normal circumstances, perhaps, but this is clearly a poisoned chalice.
It 's beginning to look like a poisoned chalice.
Her successor, Jerome Powell, may have inherited a poisoned chalice.
This even-handed justice commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice to our own lips.
Back in May, I described the chairman 's job as a poisoned chalice.
You hope for a gift and you get a poisoned chalice ( laughs )!
Russian military reform and Shoigu 's poisoned chalice.
Think of it as a… think of it as a poisoned chalice.
Do not be flattered. It 'a poisoned chalice.
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Examples of using Poisoned
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Ammunition poisoned with chemicals or natural products
He told the two the wine is poisoned
He poisoned his family with potassium cyanide
Examples of using Chalice
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The power of the chalice to resurrect a vampire
A chalice may be placed on an altar or on the ground
You wanted the chalice for a cure
