a house of cards

意思

a plan or organisation that could easily collapse

很容易垮掉的計畫或組織.

例句

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

可數。常跟在 be 或 like 之後；用 collapse 或 fall 等動詞描述其垮掉。