English-Portuguese translations for house of cards

• castelo de cartas
  As ambições da UE no domínio das alterações climáticas ruiriam como um castelo de cartas. The EU's plans for the climate would fall like a house of cards.
  E é assim que esta moção de censura se desmorona como um castelo de cartas! So it is that this motion of censure collapses like a house of cards!
  Ainda antes do início da sua presidência europeia, o seu castelo de cartas começa a desmoronar-se. Even before his European presidency begins, his house of cards is collapsing.

Definition of house of cards

• A structure made by stacking playing cards in a pyramidal fashion
• A structure or argument built on a shaky foundation

Related words

• house of office
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