a house of cards

Bedeutung

a plan or organisation that could easily collapse

Plan oder Organisation, die leicht zusammenbrechen kann.

Beispiele

1. 1Their business plan was a house of cards, built on one customer who could leave at any time.
2. 2When the main sponsor pulled out, the whole festival collapsed like a house of cards.
3. 3The timetable is a house of cards: if one teacher is ill, every class moves.
4. 4Tom's excuses fell apart like a house of cards once his sister told the truth.
5. 5Is the new budget solid, or is it a house of cards that one bad month could ruin?

Grammatik

Zählbar. Steht oft nach be oder like; Verben wie collapse oder fall beschreiben sein Ende.