Noun: house of cards
- An unstable construction with playing cards
"he built three levels of his house of cards before it collapsed";
- cardhouse, card-house, cardcastle
- A speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control
"his proposal was nothing but a house of cards";
- bubble
Derived forms: houses of cards
Type of: construction, scheme, strategy, structure
Encyclopedia: House of cards