house of cards

Example Sentences

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“That was going to be an emotional house of cards for me,” she said.

From New York Times

Placed together they show the morally upright New Republic to be a profoundly flawed house of cards that believes itself to be a shining fortress on a hill.

From Salon

“The signature verification process in Maricopa County is a house of cards,” Lake said in a statement.

From Seattle Times

“It’s a financial house of cards,’’ said Bryan Martin, 49, of Westfield, New York, who works at a sewage treatment plant.

From Seattle Times

Reagan said she worries that the current caregiving plans for her parents could collapse “like a house of cards,” and, even as a social worker, she finds it difficult to know what services to arrange.

From Washington Post