house of cards
house of cards
English Definitions:
house of cards, bubble (noun)
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"
house of cards, cardhouse, card-house, cardcastle (noun)
an unstable construction with playing cards
"he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed"
house of cards (Noun)
A structure made by laying cards perpendicularly on top of each other
house of cards (Noun)
A structure or argument built on a shaky foundation
House of Cards
House of Cards is a 1990 political thriller television drama serial by the BBC in four episodes, set after the end of Margaret Thatcher's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. It was televised from 18 November to 9 December 1990, to critical and popular acclaim. The story was adapted by Andrew Davies from a novel written by Michael Dobbs, a former Chief of Staff at Conservative Party headquarters. Dobbs's novel was also dramatised for radio for BBC World Service in 1996, by Neville Teller, and had two television sequels. The House of Cards series was ranked 84th in the British Film Institute list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes in 2008.
House of cards
A house of cards (also known as a card tower or card castle) is a structure created by stacking playing cards on top of each other, often in the shape of a pyramid. "House of cards" is also an expression that dates back to 1645 meaning a structure or argument built on a shaky foundation or one that will collapse if a necessary (but possibly overlooked or unappreciated) element is removed. Structures built by layering in this way, such as Stonehenge, are referred to as "house of cards architecture", which dates back to the Cyclopean and Megalithic ages. The origin of the phrase is debated to be from the 18th century England but some believe that it has an American base.
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