كيف تنطق "poisoned chalice"

expression

ˈpɔɪzənd/ /ˈtʃæɫɪs

POY-zuhnd CHAL-iss

pˈɔɪzənd/ /tʃˈælɪs

POY-zuhnd CHAL-iss

التعريف

A situation or job that seems attractive at first but brings trouble or harm to the person who accepts it.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈpɔɪzənd/ /ˈtʃæɫɪs

الإنجليزية البريطانية

pˈɔɪzənd/ /tʃˈælɪs

أمريكي

POY-zuhnd CHAL-iss

بريطاني

POY-zuhnd CHAL-iss

Becoming the new CEO was a poisoned chalice for him.

The job offer sounded great, but it turned out to be a poisoned chalice.

He realized too late that the promotion was a poisoned chalice.

"Taking over that team was a real poisoned chalice. Everyone expected me to fix years of problems overnight."