Meanings of toxic cocktail in English

This could prove a toxic cocktail given the private sector's high debt.

Corporate distress and rising bad loans in an undercapitalized, state-dominated banking system make for a toxic cocktail.

Was I grasping at straws, or had I just stumbled upon the ingredients of a toxic cocktail?

During the disposal process, workers, including women and sometimes children, are exposed to a toxic cocktail of chemicals.

The crisis combined with falling oil prices and Moscow's war with Georgia to form an especially toxic cocktail for local markets.

She has the knowledge and, more importantly, the money, to reduce the impact of the toxic cocktail of pollution on her kids.

Britain's steel industry has been battered by a toxic cocktail of cheap Chinese competition, high energy costs, a strong pound and slowing demand.

Alanna explains to Kathryn Ryan why in the book, and the play, she describes the oceans as "a warm, breathless and sour toxic cocktail".

On average, a toxic cocktail of pollutants from vehicles, industry and agriculture shortens the lives of those who die prematurely by 2.2 years, they calculated.

These toxic cocktails are hugely variable.