Sentences with phrase «poisoned chalice for»

Victory in the 2010 general election will be a poisoned chalice for the winner, a leading US economist has warned.

A recent home affairs committee report showed that the granting of asylum often turned out to be poisoned chalice for those fleeing persecution, with the approval decision activating a period of financial uncertainty which lasted up to four months.

But this is not an olive branch — it is potentially a poisoned chalice for GrainCorp.

As one of gaming's most fondly remembered titles, GoldenEye was always going to be something of a poison chalice for those developers tasked with bringing it back.

Not exact matches

The «poisoned chalice» has been a political trope since the day it was uttered on stage in 1606 during the first run of Shakespeare's Macbeth, and a bitter aftertaste was pretty much the only thing the PC party left behind for Notley.

So it passed to Belgian defender Thomas Vermaelen for whom it acted like some sort of poisoned chalice.

It can be a poison chalice, plenty of rest, but other teams enjoy a better match fitness level playing two matches a week for much of this part of the season.

One option might be to offer Nicola Sturgeon the full fiscal autonomy she has asked for — a poisoned chalice in the view of many.

Johnson said it would have made sense for him to lead the party because it was a poisoned chalice and they did not want to sacrifice younger talent.

With Ali's departure, the poisoned chalice is up for grabs once more.

While most would consider this a poisoned chalice, I suspect Cable could be persuaded that a capable pair of hands are needed, and that he should do it for the greater good.

But so far she has shown little appetite for grasping poisoned chalices long term.

In the Season 2 finale, tragic news for the Borgia family is followed by a shocking revelation from Cesare; Lucrezia surprises herself by falling for a new suitor, Alfonso of Aragon, and accepts his proposal of marriage; Cesare tortures the rebel leader Savonarola but can't extract a confession, so he fakes one and burns the heretic; the assassin finally strikes with a poisoned chalice of wine.

Though we never find out why it's taken so long for Gleeson Mark II to come out of the woodwork, there is much humour to be had as he takes over his sibling's life, usurping him in the boardroom and the bedroom only to realise what a poisoned chalice he's inherited.

Keith Stuart: The Battlefield 4 publisher is looking for a permanent CEO — can they beat the new whiz - kids, or is the job a poisoned chalice?

For some artists, a Turner nomination has proved to be a poisoned chalice, a hugely demanding gladiatorial experience in which they and their work are subjected to unwelcome media scrutiny and forced to compete with their peers.

It was considered a «poisoned chalice,» farmers all over the world have for thousands of years, saved some seeds from each year's harvest to replant in the fields the following season.

i think that's inaccurate shx, the scientists did their work, and from what i could gather tried very hard not to overstate their case, the media did the scare - mongering and the media have then turned like the whores they are in the other direction, al gore's film upped the tempo and although it seemed like a good thing at the time, i think with hindsight it was a poisoned chalice, but lets be clear, doing research in multiple areas and having the results point to potentially catastrophic climate change and asking for changes to be made to avert this is not scare - mongering, its common sense, accepting that their is margin for error but erring on the side of caution since the stakes are life on earth as we know it is not scare - mongering, it is the application of the precautionary principle and common sense