house of cards
PRONUNCIATION:
(hous uv kardz) 
MEANING:
noun: Something insecure or insubstantial that is subject to imminent collapse.
ETYMOLOGY:
Alluding to a flimsy structure made with playing cards. Earliest documented use: 1645.
USAGE:
"'We have to find a new balance,' the pope said. 'Otherwise even the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house of cards.'"
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