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Summary

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house of cards:
- kaartenhuis
Wiktionary:
- house of cards → kaartenhuis
- house of cards → kaartenhuis

English

Detailed Translations for house of cards from English to Dutch

house of cards:

house of cards [the ~] nomen

the house of cards
het kaartenhuis
- kaartenhuis [het ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for house of cards:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
kaartenhuis	house of cards
-	bubble; card-house; cardcastle; cardhouse

Related Words for "house of cards":

houses of cards

Synonyms for "house of cards":

bubble; scheme; strategy
cardhouse; card-house; cardcastle; structure; construction

Related Definitions for "house of cards":

an unstable construction with playing cards¹
a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control¹
- his proposal was nothing but a house of cards¹

Wiktionary Translations for house of cards:

house of cards

noun

structure or argument built on a shaky foundation
- house of cards → kaartenhuis
structure made by laying cards perpendicularly on top of each other
- house of cards → kaartenhuis

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• house of cards	→ kaartenhuis	↔ château de cartes — modèle réduit de château que l’on construit avec des carte à jouer verticales ou penchées.

Related Translations for house of cards

Dutch

Detailed Translations for house of cards from Dutch to English

Related Translations for house of cards

House
of

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