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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Stefcia	STEF-chah	Polish
AurÈLe	-	French
Gjord	-	Swedish (Rare)
Shay (1)	SHAY	Irish
Ganesh	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali, Nepali
Amandus	-	Late Roman