1.   Afterwards, Coleman urged his new colleagues to reject this poisoned chalice, but only the Esseffs heeded his advice.

2.   In a short time, his appointment has come to look like a poisoned chalice.

3.   He does not regard his new job as a poisoned chalice.

4.   Thank you Michael for that introduction which er could be likened to a poisoned chalice I suppose.

5.   But like many an enviable legacy, it became a poisoned chalice.

6.   For people like these, winning the White House would be a poisoned chalice.

7.   Many, however, saw the presidency as a poisoned chalice.

8.   One lesson from Vitrolles is that holding office can be a poisoned chalice for the extreme right.

9.   Today, many Israelis see the West Bank and Gaza as a poisoned chalice of misery and suicide bombings.

10.   Ironically, however, even that has turned into a poisoned chalice.