cardhouse

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cardhouse

He carefully builds a tall cardhouse on the wooden table.

Definition

Noun: 1. A structure built by stacking playing cards: A cardhouse is a fragile, temporary construction made by carefully balancing playing cards against each other, typically for amusement or as a test of patience and dexterity. It is inherently unstable and easily collapsed.

Examples of Usage
Advanced Usage
  • Metaphorical Use: The term "cardhouse" is frequently used as a metaphor for any plan, system, or argument that is overly complex, has a weak foundation, and is destined to fail.
    • The company's financial scheme was a cardhouse of lies and empty promises.
Variants and Related Words
  • Card castle: A direct synonym for "cardhouse," emphasizing the castle-like shape these structures often take.
  • House of cards: This is the most common idiomatic phrase synonymous with "cardhouse." It is used both literally and, even more commonly, metaphorically.
Synonyms
  • House of cards
  • Card castle
Related Idioms
  • A house of cards: An organization, plan, or situation that is weak and likely to fail or collapse.
    • The dictator's regime was a house of cards that collapsed as soon as popular support vanished.
cardhouse

He carefully builds a tall cardhouse on the wooden table.

Noun
  1. an unstable construction with playing cards
    • he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed

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