house of cards : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: house of cards	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
house of cards n a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control; "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"; "a real estate bubble" Synonym(s): house of cards, bubble an unstable construction with playing cards; "he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed" Synonym(s): house of cards, cardhouse, card-house, cardcastle