not in the cards

“There’s a lot of guys that can play shortstop here. If that’s not in the cards, that’s cool. I can go from there, anywhere else. Just prepare, and where I land is where I land.”

For Ketchum, going to college — let alone working in politics — was not in the cards.

Yet I think over the years there is this voice that tells you, “Maybe that’s not in the cards for you.”

Such massive intervention is decidedly not in the cards, however, and the continuing neglect is having horrific consequences.

"Yet liquidation is not in the cards for Evergrande, the government's number one priority is to ensure the timely delivery of pre-sold homes and Evergrande's liquidation would not help the cause," Wang added.