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Definition: House Of Cards |
House Of CardsNoun1. A speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control; "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"; "a real estate bubble". 2. An unstable construction with playing cards; "he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: House Of CardsSynonyms: bubble (n), cardcastle (n), cardhouse (n). (additional references) |
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The story was adapted by Andrew Davies from a novel by Michael Dobbs. In it, the fictional Chief Whip, Francis Urquhart (the initials, "F.U.", were deliberately chosen), played by Ian Richardson, is seen engaging in all the skullduggery of power politics, including murder, in his efforts to become Prime Minister. Susannah Harker plays Mattie Storin, the journalist who tries to uncover his misdeeds.
There were two sequels: To Play the King in 1994 (with the King, resembling Prince Charles, played by Michael Kitchen) and The Final Cut in 1995. It has been said that Richardson agreed to appear in a third series only on the understanding that the character got his come-uppance.
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Brittleness | Noun: {ant. } brittleness. Adjective: fragility, friability, frangibility, fissibility; house of cards, house of glass. |
Weakness | Reed, thread, rope of sand, house of cards. |
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Movie/TV Titles | House of Cards (1968) The House of Cards (1909) Las Vegas: Gamble in the Desert and House of Cards (1996) House of Cards (1993) | |
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Expression using "house of cards": collapse like a house of cards. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "house of cards"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Czech | zřítit se jako domeèek z karet (collapse like a house of cards). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | kartenhaus (chart house, chart room). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kártyavár. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ousehay ofay ardscay карточный домик. (various references) iskambil kâğıdından ev. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-f-h-o-o-r-s-s-u" | |
-2 letters: roadhouses. | |
-3 letters: aurochses, chorussed, crosshead, crusadoes, roadhouse, rosaceous, serfhoods. | |
-4 letters: caroused, carouses, chasseur, chaufers, choosers, chorused, choruses, chousers, crusades, crusados, decorous, doofuses, farouche, focusers, focussed, hocussed, ocherous, ochreous, seafoods, serfhood, shadoofs, soroches, surfaced, surfaces. | |
-5 letters: acerous, arcuses, aroused, arouses, assured, aurochs, carouse, caseous, cashoos, causers, cesuras, chadors, chafers, chaoses, chasers, chassed, chaufer, chooser, chooses. | |
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