Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun house_of_cards

2 senses of house of cards

Sense 1
house of cards, bubble -- (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")
       => scheme, strategy -- (an elaborate and systematic plan of action)

Sense 2
house of cards, cardhouse, card-house, cardcastle -- (an unstable construction with playing cards; "he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed")
       => structure, construction -- (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons")