house of cards
noun phrase
: a structure, situation, or institution that is insubstantial, shaky, or in constant danger of collapse
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A lot of this movie takes place outside the concert venue, which doesn’t help matters; expanding the canvas just makes the whole house of cards fall apart.
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024
Crumble under pressure: Some people may fall like a house of cards with even a little pressure and responsibility.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
By Hans-Karl Eder Jovan built these five houses of cards using a total of exactly 90 playing cards.
—Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2024
If so, the argument went, the very foundations of mathematics would be flawed, and the entire subject would collapse like a house of cards.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024
Crumble under pressure: Some people may fall like a house of cards with even a little pressure and responsibility.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
By Hans-Karl Eder Jovan built these five houses of cards using a total of exactly 90 playing cards.
—Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2024
If so, the argument went, the very foundations of mathematics would be flawed, and the entire subject would collapse like a house of cards.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024
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“House of cards.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/house%20of%20cards. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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