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ˌhouse of ˈcards noun [singular]
FAILa plan that is so badly arranged that it is likely to fail 不可靠的计划
Examples from the Corpus
house of cards• Or building a house of cards.• The whole model of race-linked characteristics ensuring success in sport has the solidity of a house of cards.• Alongside the urge to blow down the house of cards comes a tender impulse towards reconstruction.• If the house of cards that is the budget agreement should shiver, skin the Madagascarians.