house of cards
noun phrase
: a structure, situation, or institution that is insubstantial, shaky, or in constant danger of collapse
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Maybe, but the following week’s 38-7 beatdown in Philadelphia confirmed the Giants season as a house of cards.
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Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
Milwaukee’s defensive structure tends to collapse like a house of cards.
—Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Those are absences that could bring the house of cards down.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
The house of cards may not tumble tomorrow, but not even Russia can keep fighting this way forever.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
Milwaukee’s defensive structure tends to collapse like a house of cards.
—Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Those are absences that could bring the house of cards down.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
The house of cards may not tumble tomorrow, but not even Russia can keep fighting this way forever.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
See All Example Sentences for house of cards
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“House of cards.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/house%20of%20cards. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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