a house of cards

意味

a plan or organisation that could easily collapse

簡単に崩れかねない計画や組織.

例文

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?

文法

可算名詞。よく be や like の後に置く。崩れることは collapse や fall などの動詞で表す。