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
Wealhm&Aelig;R	-	Anglo-Saxon
Yvette	ee-VET (French), i-VET (English)	French, English
Boyles	[bɔilz]
SevİL	-	Turkish
Marthe	MAHRT (French)	French, Norwegian
Cale	KAYL	English