English Dictionary

house of cards

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈhaʊs.ʌvˌkɑɹdz/

名詞

限定用法 広義 頻度副詞 比喩的用法 慣用表現

A structure made by stacking playing cards in a pyramidal fashion. / (by extension, often attributive) Any structure with alternating vertical and horizontal layers.

日本語の意味

トランプのカードをピラミッド状に積み上げて作られた構造物 / 交互に縦横の層が組み合わされた構造物（比喩的に、不安定または脆弱な組織や体制を指す場合もある）

She carefully added the final card to the house of cards, holding her breath until it stood steady.

彼女は慎重に最後の一枚をトランプを積み上げて作った構造に加え、安定するまで息を止めて見守った。

意味（1）

A structure made by stacking playing cards in a pyramidal fashion.

意味（2）

(by extension, often attributive) Any structure with alternating vertical and horizontal layers.

The essentials of megalithic construction are either the single large slab or the large slab as walling stone with another large slab resting on two or more large walling stones as a capstone—a sort of house of cards architecture.

意味（3）

(figuratively, idiomatic) A structure or argument built on a shaky foundation.

houses of cards （ plural ）