a poisoned chalice in a sentence

"To pass those defendants a poisoned chalice is to put it to our lips as well, " he said.
Given the vast inequalities in the education system inherited from the Apartheid regime this post was seen by many as a poisoned chalice.
Barr said his appointment was " a bit of a poisoned chalice " and he expected to be assailed by both sides.
There was speculation that Playford would let an inexperienced Labor form a minority government as the economic difficulties might make it a poisoned chalice.
Inflammatory language before and during a climactic House debate could hand the ultimate victor a poisoned chalice, as did the process by which Rutherford B . Hayes was chosen in 1876.

But the support of Ms . Jayaram, a powerful figure in the southern state of Tamil Nadu who has been accused of corruption, appeared to be something of a poisoned chalice.
With the International Olympic Committee embroiled in a corruption scandal and a world summit in February set to discuss sports doping, Sydney 2000 organizers denied Thursday they had been handed a poisoned chalice.
American officials, regarding the offer as something of a poisoned chalice, pointed out that the reason for it might be Rwanda's vehement objection to any French military role in the region.
Inflammatory language before and during a climactic House debate could hand the ultimate victor a poisoned chalice, as did the process by which Rutherford B . Hayes was chosen in the election of 1876.
And any new government will inherit a poisoned chalice of economic recession, high unemployment and taxes, bloated state industries and a large national debt, requiring painful political choices to turn the economy around.

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