Found 1 items, similar to house of cards.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: house of cards house of cards n 1: a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control; “his proposal was nothing but a house of cards”; “a real estate bubble” [syn: bubble] 2: an unstable construction with playing cards; “he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed” [syn: cardhouse, card-house, cardcastle]