house of cards

English

WOTD – 27 February 2015

A house of cards

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaʊs.ʌvˌkɑɹdz/, [ˈhaʊs.ʌvˌkʰɑɹdz]

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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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紙牌屋／纸牌屋, 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
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• 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
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• 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)