كيف تنطق "house of cards"
expression
HOWSS-uhv-KARDZ
HOWSS-ov-KAHDZ
التعريف
A structure, system, or plan that is weak and likely to fail if disturbed, often used to describe something that looks stable but is actually fragile.
نسخ IPA
الإنجليزية الأمريكية
ˈhaʊs/ /ˈəv/ /ˈkɑɹdz
الإنجليزية البريطانية
hʌʊs/ /ˈɒv/ /kˈɑːdz
نطق مبسط
أمريكي
HOWSS-uhv-KARDZ
بريطاني
HOWSS-ov-KAHDZ
استمع في السياق
His business was a house of cards and fell apart quickly.
Their plan turned out to be a house of cards.
A house of cards can collapse at any moment.
The whole company was built like a house of cards — it was just waiting to fall apart.