house of cards

English

Noun

house of cards (plural houses of cards)

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

Translations

structure made by laying cards perpendicularly on top of each other

• Finnish: korttitalo (fi)
• French: château de cartes (fr) m
• German: Kartenhaus (de) n
• Icelandic: spilaborg (is) f
• Italian: castello di carte (it) n

• Polish: domek z kart (pl) m
• Russian: карточный домик (ru) (kártočnyj dómik) m
• Spanish: castillo de cartas (es) m
• Swedish: korthus (sv) n

structure or argument built on a shaky foundation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡家 (cmn) (kǎjiā)

• Finnish: korttitalo (fi)
• French: château de cartes (fr) m
• German: Kartenhaus (de) n

• Italian: castello di carte (it) n
• Japanese: (lit.: sandcastle) 砂上の楼閣 (ja) (さじょうのろうかく, sajō no rōkaku)
• Polish: domek z kart (pl) m
• Russian: карточный домик (ru) (kártočnyj dómik) m