- poisoned chalice
- poi|soned chal|ice noun singular LITERARYa job or piece of work that will cause many problems for the person who is forced to do it
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poisoned chalice
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poisoned chalice — noun An apparent gift or benefit that is likely to cause great trouble to the recipient • • • Main Entry: ↑poison * * * poisoned chalice chiefly Brit : something that seems attractive at first but becomes unpleasant Working as store manager was a … Useful english dictionary
poisoned chalice — UK US noun [S] ► something that seems very good when it is received, but that in fact may be harmful to the person who receives it: »He is stepping into a job that many would regard as a poisoned chalice … Financial and business terms
poisoned chalice — If someone is given a poisoned chalice, they are given a job or task which appears attractive but is actually doomed to failure or beset with problems that will damage their reputation or harm them … The small dictionary of idiomes
poisoned chalice — ► NOUN ▪ something offered which is apparently appealing or beneficial but which is likely to prove a source of problems to the recipient … English terms dictionary
poisoned chalice — /pɔɪzənd ˈtʃæləs/ (say poyzuhnd chaluhs) noun a prized position, situation, award, etc., which immediately presents serious difficulties for the person or people who have attained it: the poisoned chalice of a difficult health portfolio …
poisoned chalice — noun an assignment or award which is likely to prove a source of problems to the recipient … English new terms dictionary
poisoned chalice — UK [ˌpɔɪz(ə)nd ˈtʃælɪs] / US noun [singular] literary a job or piece of work that will cause many problems for the person who is forced to do it … English dictionary
The Poisoned Chalice — Infobox Television episode Title = The Poisoned Chalice Series = Merlin Caption = Season = 1 Episode = 4 Guests = Michelle Ryan Nimueh Clive Russell Bayard Airdate = 11 October 2008 Runtime = 45 Minutes Production = 1.4 Writer = Ben Vanstone… … Wikipedia
(a) poisoned chalice — a poisoned ˈchalice idiom (especially BrE) a thing that seems attractive when it is given to sb but which soon becomes unpleasant • He inherited a poisoned chalice when he took over the job as union leader. Main entry: ↑poisonidiom … Useful english dictionary
(a) poisoned chalice — British something that harms the person it is given to although it seemed very good when they first got it. The leadership of the party turned out to be a poisoned chalice … New idioms dictionary
