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Definition of poisoned chalice in English: poisoned chalicenoun British An assignment, award, or honour which is likely to prove a disadvantage or source of problems to the recipient. many thought the new minister had been handed a poisoned chalice Example sentencesExamples - Voters may grow fed up with Labour; a younger contender could emerge; the succession could become a poisoned chalice.
- The Irish taxpayer is about to be handed a poisoned chalice - an island property with a clean-up bill likely to cost tens of millions of euro.
- With three teams to be relegated, and only two of these berths already booked, there is a desperate battle raging to avoid the poisoned chalice of the third.
- For those with debts they can no longer afford, the long run of low interest rates may yet prove a poisoned chalice.
- A prize portfolio could mean a headstart in the race, but those overlooked or given poisoned chalices would be early casualties.
- By making himself chairman and then agreeing to cut his managerial teeth in a poisoned chalice of a job, he is risking his reputation as a man who can do no wrong on Wearside.
- Who on earth would want such a poisoned chalice?
- As poisoned chalices go, the MD's position comes close to topping the list.
- His elegant and popular wife should tell her husband - who only seems ridiculous because he is in the wrong job - that it is time to reclaim dignity and contentment by handing on the poisoned chalice.
- Despite the fact that the Greek Olympics could be heading for a debacle, governments elsewhere are jostling to be next to be handed the poisoned chalice.
- People have told me it's either a wonderful job or a poisoned chalice.
- As candidates are never declared for the position, which is filled through backroom lobbying, we will probably never know how close he came to securing what has turned out to be a poisoned chalice.
- It has, however, proved to be a poisoned chalice for some corporations.
- Running Scottish Enterprise is not necessarily the poisoned chalice that some suggest and I still expect a significant number of hats to be thrown in the ring.
- Who would want the poisoned chalice of running Britain's clapped out and dangerous rail system?
- But in one part of Yorkshire, it seems the role of Mayor has become a poisoned chalice, which leaves the incumbent at the mercy of rude and disrespectful councillors.
- The reality is that Scotland's councils find themselves being handed an ever-growing collection of poisoned chalices.
- The England manager's job seems to be a poisoned chalice that many top bosses have turned their backs on, but one York-based football critic is more than willing to take up the post.
- The issue of skills shortages should not be a poisoned chalice for those politicians handed the responsibility of dealing with it.
- Is the Manager of the month award a poisoned chalice?
Definition of poisoned chalice in US English: poisoned chalicenoun British An assignment, award, or honor which is likely to prove a disadvantage or source of problems to the recipient. many thought the new minister had been handed a poisoned chalice Example sentencesExamples - But in one part of Yorkshire, it seems the role of Mayor has become a poisoned chalice, which leaves the incumbent at the mercy of rude and disrespectful councillors.
- It has, however, proved to be a poisoned chalice for some corporations.
- The reality is that Scotland's councils find themselves being handed an ever-growing collection of poisoned chalices.
- By making himself chairman and then agreeing to cut his managerial teeth in a poisoned chalice of a job, he is risking his reputation as a man who can do no wrong on Wearside.
- A prize portfolio could mean a headstart in the race, but those overlooked or given poisoned chalices would be early casualties.
- Despite the fact that the Greek Olympics could be heading for a debacle, governments elsewhere are jostling to be next to be handed the poisoned chalice.
- As poisoned chalices go, the MD's position comes close to topping the list.
- The England manager's job seems to be a poisoned chalice that many top bosses have turned their backs on, but one York-based football critic is more than willing to take up the post.
- The Irish taxpayer is about to be handed a poisoned chalice - an island property with a clean-up bill likely to cost tens of millions of euro.
- The issue of skills shortages should not be a poisoned chalice for those politicians handed the responsibility of dealing with it.
- For those with debts they can no longer afford, the long run of low interest rates may yet prove a poisoned chalice.
- Who on earth would want such a poisoned chalice?
- Voters may grow fed up with Labour; a younger contender could emerge; the succession could become a poisoned chalice.
- As candidates are never declared for the position, which is filled through backroom lobbying, we will probably never know how close he came to securing what has turned out to be a poisoned chalice.
- With three teams to be relegated, and only two of these berths already booked, there is a desperate battle raging to avoid the poisoned chalice of the third.
- Is the Manager of the month award a poisoned chalice?
- Who would want the poisoned chalice of running Britain's clapped out and dangerous rail system?
- His elegant and popular wife should tell her husband - who only seems ridiculous because he is in the wrong job - that it is time to reclaim dignity and contentment by handing on the poisoned chalice.
- Running Scottish Enterprise is not necessarily the poisoned chalice that some suggest and I still expect a significant number of hats to be thrown in the ring.
- People have told me it's either a wonderful job or a poisoned chalice.
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