house of cards

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noun

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
• Hypernyms:
scheme, strategy
2. an unstable construction with playing cards
- he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed
• Syn:
cardhouse, card-house, cardcastle
• Hypernyms:
structure, construction