house of cards

Example Sentences

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Yasmin and Henry are perched at the very top of a house of cards, and there’s a strong wind coming just over the horizon.

From Salon

“What’s especially threatening about this is that our state’s tax structure is essentially a house of cards,” Kiley said.

From Los Angeles Times

Let’s hope that we can knock over that house of cards with peace walks and other forms of calm, resolute resistance.

From Salon

Every time OpenAI wants to spend money, Windsor said, it needs to raise money — “and it only takes one investment round to go badly for the whole house of cards to fall.”

From MarketWatch

“Smoke and mirrors, house of cards, silly investors—what do you want me to tell you?” asks Ishbia.

From Barron's