chalice

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But in my observation that's a bit of poisoned chalice.

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a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup

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noun

a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for chalice.

noun

a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup

Example sentences

But in my observation that's a bit of poisoned chalice.

You would think the tech industry wouldn't have lifted the poison chalice of DRM, either.

Mozilla's leadership is far more complex than the person holding the CEO chalice.

To the executive who gets promoted and leaves a poison chalice behind to scupper his rival.

Between the Council of Trent and about 1970, the Roman Catholic laity took communion in one kind only, and the chalice was reserved to the priests.

It's a bit of a poisoned chalice for someone outside of Microsoft as if Gates and Balmer remain on the board as any new CEO will be continually undermined by people "going to Bill/Steve".

"Poison chalice" customers are common in the enterprise space -- they look great up front, manage to ameliorate your burn rate, and then you end up mortgaging the future of your company to support a small number of contracts.

- PM is busy coming up with a feature that you'll solve with an application global variable just because you want it to go away- Requirements analysts are making complete sense but it's making you realize how much work is ahead of you, so naturally you hate them outright- Scrum masters are quietly reciting the differences between waterfall and agile while rubbing a golden chalice- ETC is an actual department in your organization but no one knows what exactly they do