a house of cards

Nghĩa

a plan or organisation that could easily collapse

Kế hoạch hoặc tổ chức rất dễ sụp đổ.

Ví dụ

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?

Ngữ pháp

Danh từ đếm được. Thường đứng sau be hoặc like; các động từ như collapse hoặc fall diễn tả lúc nó sụp đổ.