house of cards
Example Sentences
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The production ultimately feels as flat as a fallen house of cards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Both share one house of cards that works on paper.
From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026
Let’s hope that we can knock over that house of cards with peace walks and other forms of calm, resolute resistance.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2026
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 ● Feb. 5, 2026
The scene changed as suddenly as a house of cards falling down.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
