a house of cards

معنی

a plan or organisation that could easily collapse

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مثال‌ها

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?

دستور زبان

قابل‌شمارش. اغلب بعد از be یا like می‌آید؛ فعل‌هایی مثل collapse یا fall فروپاشی آن را توصیف می‌کنند.