cardhouse

• 用扑克牌搭成的结构，容易倒塌；常比喻脆弱、不稳定、随时可能崩溃的事物或体系。

A noun referring to an unstable structure built from playing cards, often used metaphorically to describe something fragile or likely to collapse.

1. Unstable structureB1informal

   A structure built by stacking playing cards, known for being fragile and easily toppled.

   纸牌屋

   • The child carefully built a cardhouse on the table.
   • A single sneeze can destroy a cardhouse.
   • He spent hours constructing an elaborate cardhouse.

   同义词house of cards

2. Precarious situationB2informal

   A situation or plan that is very fragile and likely to collapse or fail.

   纸牌屋

   • Their financial scheme was a cardhouse waiting to fall.
   • The peace agreement was a cardhouse, ready to collapse at any moment.
   • His arguments were a cardhouse of weak assumptions.

   同义词house of cards

   反义词securitystabilitysurety