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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control;
- Example: "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"
- Example: "a real estate bubble"
[syn: house of cards, bubble]

2. an unstable construction with playing cards;
- Example: "he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed"
[syn: house of cards, cardhouse, card-house, cardcastle]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: house of
         cards, bubble]
    2: an unstable construction with playing cards; "he built three
       levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed" [syn: house of
       cards, cardhouse, card-house, cardcastle]