See poisoned chalice on Wiktionary
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"word": "мядзве́джая паслу́га"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "danajský dar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "medvědí služba"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bjørnetjeneste"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gifbeker"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vergiftigd geschenk"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"word": "karuteene"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"word": "karhunpalvelus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"word": "myrkkymalja"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cadeau empoisonné"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tunique de Nessus"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "agasallo envelenado"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "datvuri samsaxuri",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"word": "დათვური სამსახური"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Bärendienst"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Danaergeschenk"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vergiftetes Geschenk"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "regalo avvelenato"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bjørnetjeneste"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"word": "bjørneteneste"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "koszula Dejaniry"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "niedźwiedzia przysługa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "medvéžʹja uslúga",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "медве́жья услу́га"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "медвеђа услуга"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "medvjeđa usluga"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "danajský dar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "regalo envenenado"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "björntjänst"
}
],
"word": "poisoned chalice"
}
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