poison (redirected from poisoning)

One man's meat is another man's poison.

something that you say which means that something one person likes very much can be something that another person does not like at all. I wouldn't want to do her job, but she seems to love it. Oh well, one man's meat is another man's poison.

See also: another, meat

a poison-pen letter

a letter that has no signature and says unpleasant things about the person it is sent to. After he was convicted, his family received a number of poison-pen letters.

See also: letter

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.

What's your poison? (humorous)

something that you say in order to ask someone what they would like to drink. It's my round. What's your poison?