a house of cards

뜻

a plan or organisation that could easily collapse

쉽게 무너질 수 있는 계획이나 조직.

예문

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?

문법

셀 수 있는 명사이다. 흔히 be나 like 뒤에 오며, 무너지는 것은 collapse나 fall 같은 동사로 나타낸다.