house of cards

English

WOTD – 27 February 2015

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhaʊs.ʌvˌkɑɹdz/, [ˈhaʊs.ʌvˌkʰɑɹdz]
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Noun

house of cards (plural houses of cards)

A structure made by laying cards perpendicularly on top of each other.
(idiomatic) A structure or argument built on a shaky foundation.

Translations

structure made by laying cards perpendicularly on top of each other

Chinese:
Mandarin: 紙牌屋, 纸牌屋
Czech: domeček z karet m
Danish: korthus n
Dutch: kaartenhuis (nl) n
Finnish: korttitalo (fi)
French: château de cartes (fr) m
German: Kartenhaus (de) n
Greek: σπίτι από τραπουλόχαρτα n (spíti apó trapoulócharta)
Hungarian: kártyavár (hu)
Icelandic: spilaborg f

Italian: castello di carte (it) m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: korthus n

Nynorsk: korthus n
Polish: domek z kart (pl) m
Portuguese: castelo de cartas m
Russian: ка́рточный до́мик m (kártočnyj dómik)
Spanish: castillo de naipes m
Swedish: korthus (sv) n
Ukrainian: картковий будинок m (kartkovyj budynok)

structure or argument built on a shaky foundation

Chinese:
Mandarin: 卡家 (kǎjiā)
Danish: korthus n
Dutch: kaartenhuis (nl) n
Finnish: korttitalo (fi)
French: château de cartes (fr) m
German: Kartenhaus (de) n

Italian: castello di carte (it) m
Japanese: (lit.: sandcastle) 砂上の楼閣 (さじょうのろうかく, sajō no rōkaku)
Polish: domek z kart (pl) m
Portuguese: castelo de cartas m
Russian: ка́рточный до́мик m (kártočnyj dómik)
Ukrainian: картковий будинок m (kartkovyj budynok)

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