House Of Cards Definition

houses-of-cards
noun
Any flimsy structure, plan, etc.
Webster's New World
A structure made by laying cards perpendicularly on top of each other.
Wiktionary

(idiomatic) A structure or argument built on a shaky foundation.

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Noun

Singular:
house of cards
Plural:
houses-of-cards

House Of Cards Sentence Examples

  • There are many more classic card games, and the rules can be found at sites like Family Card Games and The House of Cards.

  • We're a house of cards in a windstorm, held together by God knows what.

  • I knew from the start we were a house of cards in a windstorm, but you were the glue that held us together.

  • Simultaneously, Gertz was negotiating with Cardinal Alberoni and with the whigs in England; but all his ingenious combinations collapsed like a house of cards on the sudden death of Charles XII.

  • The El Dorado promised by communism remained a mirage until the whole edifice collapsed like the proverbial house of cards.

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