| 单词 | house of cards |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse of cards PhrasesΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > bluster [verb (intransitive)] face1440 brace1447 ruffle1484 puff1490 to face (something) out with a card of ten?1499 to face with a card of ten?1499 cock1542 to brave it1549 roist1563 huff1598 swagger1600 ruff1602 tear1602 bouncec1626 to bravade the street1634 brustle1648 hector1661 roister1663 huffle1673 ding1679 fluster1698 bully1733 to bluster like bull-beef1785 swell1795 buck1880 swashbuckle1897 loudmouth1931 ?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Bij Fyrste pycke a quarell & fall oute with hym then And soo outface hym with a carde of ten. ?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors xix. sig. E6 He shal haue fauor for his masters sake, or els bragg it owt with a carde of x. 1543 J. Bale Yet Course at Romyshe Foxe sig. Hiij Now face out your matter with a carde of tenne. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 50 All louers (hee onelye excepted) are cooled with a carde of tenne, or rather fooled with a vayne toye. 1600 N. Breton Pasquils Mad-cap (1626) sig. D ijv He that doth bring men into bonds of dept, And feede their humours with a Card of Tenne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 401 A vengeance on your crafty withered hide, Yet I haue fac'd it with a card of ten. 1631 B. Jonson New Inne i. iii. 106 As aces, duizes, cards o'ten, to face it Out, i'the game, which all the world is. 1859 John Bull & Britannia 26 July 472/1 They found themselves faced with ‘a card of ten’. At once 18,000 men were concentrated on the capital. The National Guard were compelled to yield to superior discipline and numbers. P2. house of cards. a. A precarious structure built by balancing playing cards on their edges in a series of tiers, typically forming a pyramid. Frequently in similative phrases as the type of something very unstable or subject to imminent collapse, as in to collapse like a house of cards, to come down like a house of cards. Cf. card house n., card castle n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > others spurc1450 cock1608 turnel1621 corala1625 house of cardsa1625 Jack-in-the-box1659 (Prince) Rupert's Drops1662 sucker1681 whirligig1686 playbook1694 card house1733 snapper1788 card castle1792 Aaron's bells?1795 Noah's Ark1807 Jacob's ladder1820 cat-stairs1825 daisy chain1841 beanbag1861 playboat1865 piñata1868 teething ring1872 weet-weet1878 tumble-over1883 water cracker1887 jumping-bean1889 play money1894 serpentin1894 comforter1898 pacifier1901 dummy1903 bubble water1904 yo-yo1915 paper airplane1921 snowstorm1926 titty1927 teaser1935 Slinky1948 teether1949 Mr Potato Head1952 squeeze toy1954 Frisbee1957 mobile1957 chew toy1959 water-rocket1961 Crazy Foam1965 playshop1967 war toy1973 waterball1974 pull-along1976 transformer1984 Aerobie1985 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Gv To buylde an house of chippes and cardes [L. aedificare casas], to watche the trappe for myse: To playe at euen and odde, to ryde cockhorse in chyldyshe guyse.] a1625 J. Fletcher Rule a Wife (1640) iii. i. 29 She sits i'th chimnie, Which is but three tiles rais'd like a house of cards. 1728 Evening Jrnl. (London) 18 Jan. 1/2 Their Schemes are blown down like a House of Cards set up by Children. 1824 Ladies' Monthly Museum July 51 How often do the projects of genius fall to the ground, like a house of cards. 1912 Wanganui (N.Z.) Herald 31 Dec. 6/2 Before many of the guests had time to escape to the garden the whole building came down like a house of cards. 2016 Financial Times 29 Aug. 16/6 Sceptical analysis warned that the industry would collapse like a house of cards if the oil and gas prices fell. b. figurative and in figurative contexts. An insecure or unsubstantial scheme or system. Cf. card castle n. ΚΠ 1711 C. Johnson Generous Husband v. 54 A Fort of Honour is but a House of Cards..Blown down by every gentle Sigh. 1860 Spectator 13 Oct. 979/1 And so the system goes on;..but when one link breaks, down comes the whole house of cards. 1969 Washington Post 30 Nov. 404 (headline) When Europe's house of cards came tumbling down. 2020 Daily Express 30 Apr. 59/1 Potentially, just one positive test could see the whole house of cards collapse. P3. In plural. a. Used in various figurative expressions in which an enterprise is likened to a game of cards, esp. with allusion to a person's fate, luck, or lot in life. Cf. hand n. 24c.See also cut v., deal v. 7, pack v.2 3, shuffle v. 2, trump n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) > have grounds for expecting success to have or go in upon good cards1554 to have or go in upon good cards1606 to hold all the cards1840 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > be or seem likely [verb (intransitive)] > consider probability of to cast or count one's cards1554 society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > reveal one's true character > one's plans or resources to show one's cards1554 to show one's cards1567 to show one's hand1843 to put one's cards on the table1868 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] wendOE divert1430 to turn one's tale1525 relent1528 revolt1540 resile?a1597 crinkle1612 to throw in (or up) one's cards1688 to box the compass1714 to turn round1808 crawfish1848 to back down1849 duff1883 back-pedal1891 punk1920 back-track1947 to back off1961 1554 J. Proctor Hist. Wyates Rebellion sig. G.viiiv One of them beinge a gentleman, beganne to shewe hys game before all the cardes were full dealed. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1196/2 Choosing rather to die in battell (if hap had so cut their cards). a1593 C. Marlowe Massacre at Paris (c1600) sig. A6 Since thou hast all the Cardes, Within thy hands..deale thy selfe a King. 1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia iii. 146 Amphialus..trusting to his Cards. 1710 Subst. of Late Conf. 3 The Cards run so much against him. 1874 F. C. Burnand My Time xxii. 200 To be sent away was unpleasantly like expulsion. However, the cards were to be played in my favour. 2006 Independent 9 Feb. 17/6 On the whole the job for all of us is to do the best with the cards we are dealt. b. to show one's cards: †to provide evidence in support of a claim one is making (Obsolete); to allow one's plans or intentions to be known. Cf. to show one's hand, to put one's cards on the table. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > reveal one's true character > one's plans or resources to show one's cards1554 to show one's cards1567 to show one's hand1843 to put one's cards on the table1868 1567 T. Stapleton Counterblast iii. v. f. 217 Proue this... Shew your cardes then, M. Horne. 1871 W. S. Gilbert Palace of Truth ii. 29 One who shows her cards so candidly. 2019 Sun (Nexis) 30 Nov. Mullins is never one to give too many plans away, sensibly waiting until the last minute to show his cards. c. †to cast or count one's cards: to assess one's chance of success, take stock of one's position. ΚΠ 1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. St. Paule to Galathians xviii. f. 135 When we haue cast our cardes [Fr. tout conté & rabatu], we must be fayn to come to this poynt, that no man can atteyne to lyfe by his owne purchace or earning. c1600 Return: 1st Pt. iv. i, in Three Parnassus Plays (1949) 199 Come let vs caste our cards before wee goe, Summon our losses if wee nere returne, Cross our oulde cares, and turne the leafe anew. 1664 Floddan Field iv. 32 Our Cards we had both need to count and cast. d. †to have or go in upon good cards and variants: to have good grounds for expecting success. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) > have grounds for expecting success to have or go in upon good cards1554 to have or go in upon good cards1606 to hold all the cards1840 1606 No-body & Some-body sig. H4v Corn. Now No-body, what can you say to this. Clo. My M. hath good cards, on his side Ile warant him. 1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants i. ii. §155. 114 There being nothing unwritten, which can goe in upon halfe so faire cards. 1841 Fraser's Mag. Sept. 262/1 Thus was our government granted by chance some good cards to play for the recovery of their own and the country's reputation. 2019 FD Wire (Nexis) 30 Jan. We are starting 2019 with some very good cards. e. to throw in (or up) one's cards and variants: (in a game of cards) to retire from a game or hand, to fold; (hence) to give up a contest or struggle; to abandon a project; to admit defeat. Cf. to throw in one's hand at throw v.1 Phrasal verbs, to throw up one's hand, to throw in the towel.In early use often as part of an extended metaphor, as in †to throw up one's cards before one has lost the game: to give up while there is still a chance of success. ΚΠ 1611 E. Bunny Of Head-Corner-Stone 558 When hee had done, hee liked so ill of his game then, that hee cast vp his cards, and got him away as fast as hee could, a sorrowfull man. 1635 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge (new ed.) xxiv. 509 Pont Chausey presently throwes up the Cards. 1688 W. Darrel Vindic. St. Ignatius 18 If I cannot oppose more weighty Reasons to the contrary, I'll fling up my Cards. 1705 C. Cibber Careless Husband v. vi. 63 How now, my Lord! What! throw up your Cards before you have lost the Game? 1857 Graham's Amer. Monthly Mag. June 559/2 A late philosopher says that however desperate the game may be ‘never throw up your cards’. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. xvi. 198 He..threw up his cards and forswore his game for that time and always. 1917 Sat. Evening Post 17 May 24/1 The lumberman..finally withdrew the stack of chips in his hands and threw up his cards with a curse. 1942 Glass Packer Jan. 26/2 Don't you make every effort to see what you can make that the consumer does want, before you throw in your cards? 2015 Phil's Stock World (Nexis) 30 May You still have to know when it's time to throw in the cards and walk away. f. to put one's cards on the table and variants: to allow one's plans or intentions to be known; to be completely candid. Cf. to show one's hand, to show one's cards. Also †to play (with) one's cards on the table: to be open and honest in dealing with others. Hence elliptically: cards on the table. ΚΠ 1830 Observer 6 Dec. They will ‘play their cards on the table’—will proceed in an open, straight-forward course of foreign policy. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. iii. 176 Come, cards on table; was it true or false? 1907 E. P. Oppenheim Secret viii. 55 I began to think that I had been rash to lay my cards upon the table. 1914 G. B. Shaw Fanny's Last Play iii, in Misalliance 198 Tramps are often shameless; but theyre never sincere. Swells—if I may use that convenient name for the upper classes—play much more with their cards on the table. 1923 J. M. Murry Pencillings 195 He seems to put his cards on the table and to be saying in the friendliest way: ‘That's my opinion. What's yours?’ 1925 W. Deeping Sorrell & Son xvi. 155 There is no reason why we should put all our cards on the table. 2020 @JohnSoros2 27 May in twitter.com (accessed 2 June 2020) He needs to put his cards on the table and finally show some proof. g. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). he (she, etc.) can give cards and spades and variants: used to suggest that a person, organization, etc., is so far superior to an opponent or rival that even a significant handicap would not bridge the gap between them.Apparently alluding to the scoring system in the card game cassino (cassino n.). ΚΠ 1861 J. T. Booth Jrnl. in Another Day in Lincoln's Army (2007) 94 I believe Colonel Crook could give cards and spades and then learn them something. 1887 Daily Amer. (Nashville) 31 July 8/4 Jones is now batting terrifically hard and fielding superbly... He can give Nicol or Tebeau cards and spades in the game and then beat them out. 1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 40/2 There were..extra-efficient steelmakers, like Carnegie, whose organizations, built up through forty years of efficiency, could give cards and spades to any and all rivals. 2019 @npetrikov 14 May in twitter.com (accessed 22 Apr. 2020) I thought Warren..was a jackass, but his City Council can give him cards and spades in the jackassery department. h. to hold all the cards: see hold v. Additions. to play one's cards close to one's chest: see chest n.1 9c. to play one's cards right (also well, badly, etc.): see play v. 19b(a). P4. In phrases showing idiomatic uses in combination with play v. 19b. a. to play one's last card: to use one's last remaining strategy or resource in attempting to achieve an objective, all others having been exhausted. ΚΠ 1648 R. Wilkinson Saints Trav. Canaan 77 How many under a state of flashes (which I may say is almost the last Carde Satan can play in a soule to deceive him in his transformings) doe live in most great joy. 1710 Brit. Apollo 15–17 Feb. Don Gimcrack his last Card has plaid. 1870 H. S. Holland Impressions Ammergau Passion-Play 14 Driven to desperation, they play their last card and call in the rabble. 1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes i. iii. 96 Mrs. Middleton played her last card, ‘I know, children,’ she said, ‘the Vicar is hungry, that is what it is.’ 2015 Daily Independent (Lagos) (Nexis) 11 Feb. The president played his last card: convoke a National Council of State meeting. b. to play one's best card: to use the most effective strategy or resource one has in attempting to achieve one's objective. ΚΠ 1715 T. D'Urfey in Pill to purge State-melancholy 115 O Lewis, at last, thou hast play'd thy best Card. 1844 Morning Post 25 Mar. 2/3 We really believe, that in bringing out Mr. Cardwell upon the occasion..the Ministers played their best card. 1920 M. Webb House in Dormer Forest xx. 252 ‘If you will give up Michael,’ said Catherine, returning to her point and playing her best card, ‘I will give him up, too.’ 2005 Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) (Nexis) 23 June. 24 The threat of an Asian walkout was probably Japan's best card to play for a better deal. c. to play (also use) the —— card and variants: (originally) to introduce a specified issue or topic in the hope of gaining sympathy or political advantage, by appealing to the sentiments or prejudices of one's audience; (in later use also) to exploit one's membership of a specified minority or marginalized group as a means of gaining sympathy or an unfair advantage (depreciative, and chiefly used in accusations of others). Frequently as to play the race card. to play the Orange card: to appeal to a Northern Irish Protestant sentiment for political advantage. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > engage in politics [verb (intransitive)] > appeal to sentiments for advantage to play (also use) the —— card1885 society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [verb (intransitive)] > appeal to Protestant sentiment to play the Orange card1885 1839 Scotsman 1 June The Tories will doubtless play the card of ‘Irish misgovernment’ against Ministers.] 1885 Times 22 May 10/1 It is said that the change of intention on the part of the Cabinet is due to pressure brought to bear upon them by their Liberal friends in Ulster, who wish to play the land purchase card at the elections. 1886 R. Churchill Let. 16 Feb. in R. R. James Ld. Randolph Churchill (1959) viii. 233 I decided some time ago that if the G.O.M. went for Home Rule, the Orange card would be the one to play. 1920 H. A. Franck Roaming through W. Indies vi. 136 He played the patriotic card with unusual success. Disgruntled politicians and men of wealth who had some personal reason for wishing the occupation abolished gave him secret aid. 1955 N.Y. Times 2 May 12/5 The Russians have not played this captive-soldier card yet, but they can play it not only in their negotiations with the Germans but in the conversations that will be starting with the Japanese in London next month. 1973 Times 31 May 10 British policy toward Ireland has been paralysed by the fear that the Protestants of Ulster will play the Orange Card and fight to preserve their British tie. 1974 Observer 3 Mar. 3 Mr Powell enabled many anti-coloured voters to identify with the Conservatives (although the Tory leadership declined to play the race card) and may even have tipped the scales to Mr Heath in 1970. 1994 Daily Mail 8 June 43/2 She is not above using the race card to improve her party's chances in the forthcoming council elections. 1994 Chicago Tribune 21 July i. 4/1 Playing the race card is viewed as especially dangerous in Los Angeles, the site of Simpson's coming trial and the scene of bloody riots in 1992. 1995 Blytheville (Arkansas) Courier News 21 Mar. 4/5 About the only people who could never be accused of playing the victim card are the women who are breaking these barriers. 2020 Morning Star 25 Sept. 11/4 In 2019, a black lance-corporal..appeared on recruitment drive posters aimed at millennials, but was immediately attacked on social media by white colleagues for ‘playing the race card’ to secure career advancement. P5. a card up (or †in) one's sleeve: a plan, idea, or advantage that is kept concealed, to be utilized if and when required. Cf. an ace up (or in) one's sleeve, to have up one's sleeve. [Originally with allusion to cheating in a game of cards.] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] > be prepared or ready > for an emergency to have in or up one's sleeve?a1513 a card up (or in) one's sleeve1656 1656 J. Harrington Common-wealth of Oceana 154 As there be that can pack the Cards, and yet cannot play well; so there be some that are good in canvasses and factions, that are otherwise weak men. Allow me but these Orders, and let them come with their Cards in their sleeves, or pack if they can. 1868 H. L. Williams tr. A. Dumas Count of Moret xxxviii, in Kelley's Weekly 4 Apr. 295/4 I thought it was only the Cardinal who had cards up his sleeve! 1898 Tit-Bits 23 July 3289/3 I took the precaution of having what, I believe, you sporting men call a card up my sleeve. 1933 ‘G. Orwell’ Down & Out v. 38 I have got a few cards up my sleeve. There are people who owe me money, for instance. 1953 R. Lehmann Echoing Grove 206 It was only years later, in rooms with Jocelyn, that she guessed or suspected the possibility of another motive—the card up her sleeve she had always shut her eyes to guessing that she held. 2009 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 8 Aug. Right now he has the industry wondering if he still has a card up his sleeve. P6. to leave one's (also a) card: to deliver or send a calling card in lieu of a formal social or business visit. Now historical.Also to leave a card on or for (a person). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > visit [verb (transitive)] > send in name or card to send in1748 to leave one's (also a) card1749 spit1782 to send up1884 1749 Ballad to Tune of Chevy Chase 4 And lest they should be walking out, Pray for them leave A Card. 1821 Morning Chron. 20 Oct. I can't say whether Mr. Pitt left a card on me, I did not employ him. 1857 How to Behave vi. 72 If you call on a person who is ‘engaged,’ or ‘not at home,’ leave your card. 1936 M. R. Anand Coolie v. 272 ‘Your Memsahib is no Memsahib,’ said one of the coolies. ‘No other Mem or Sahib in Simla would leave a card on her.’ 2013 L. Lethbridge Servants (new ed.) ii. 29 If they were told that the lady was not at home, the visitors left cards. P7. In phrases expressing the likelihood of future events. [Probably arising either from card games involving chance or from the practice of consulting the cards in fortune-telling (compare sense 1b), although allusion to a racecard or programme of events (compare sense 16) has also been suggested.] a. in the cards: likely or destined to happen, probable; possible. Now chiefly North American. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adjective] likelya1400 seemlya1400 probable?a1425 allowablec1443 seeming?c1450 apt1528 topical1594 liking1611 suspicable1651 presumable1655 feasible1656 suspected1706 in the cards1764 on the cards1788 in the dice1844 liable1888 better-than-chance1964 1764 C. Churchill Independence 5 Bards may be Lords, but 'tis not in the cards, Play how we will, to turn Lords into Bards. ?1859 J. Brougham Metamora ii. i. 12 It is not in the cards for me to fail. 1908 Washington Post 29 Aug. 8/4 They [sc. the baseball team the Cleveland Naps] consider this their hoodoo town of the circuit, and have come to the conclusion that it is not in the cards for them to win here. 2015 Teen Vogue Nov. 116/1 India..can picture herself working..in TV or film (though from the 850,000 listens she has received on her rendition of ‘Say Something’ on SoundCloud, perhaps singing is also in the cards). b. on the cards: likely or destined to happen, probable; possible. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adjective] likelya1400 seemlya1400 probable?a1425 allowablec1443 seeming?c1450 apt1528 topical1594 liking1611 suspicable1651 presumable1655 feasible1656 suspected1706 in the cards1764 on the cards1788 in the dice1844 liable1888 better-than-chance1964 1788 J. O'Keeffe Farmer ii. ii. 22 They were all upon the Scramble for me..but, poor Things, it was'nt on the Cards—cou'dn't be. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House lvii. 554 It don't come out altogether so plain as to please me, but it's on the cards. 1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xv. iv. 52 Lest a scalade of Prag should be on the cards. 1933 Truth (Sydney) 2 Apr. 5/8 From full-back to hooker, a complete re-organisation is on the cards. 1955 A. Atkinson Exit Charlie (1957) iv. 123 It's quite on the cards that he'll call in here to see me. He usually does. 2019 Daily Star 5 Feb. 11/2 Asked if marriage was on the cards, he said: ‘That's definitely what I want.’ c. now chiefly North American. out of the cards: outside the range of probability, out of the question. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > impossibility > [adjective] unmightyOE impossible1340 unpossiblea1382 unmightful?a1425 unfeasible1527 out of the question1607 card1813 unrealizable1832 irrealizable1853 inoperable1975 1813 R. Wilson Private Diary II. 40 It is not out of the cards that we might do more. 1991 Toronto Star (Nexis) 26 Oct. k13 Apparently, the possible deal with Ferrari is out of the cards for '92. 2004 Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois) 2 Sept. 7/3 Better than ever now, a win is certainly not out of the cards. P8. to pull a person's card. a. North American colloquial (now rare). To dismiss a person from a job or position; to revoke or suspend a person's membership of a union or club. Also (in early use) to pull one's card: to resign. Cf. pull v. 10b.Apparently originally with reference to a union card, membership card, or time card. ΚΠ 1910 Internat. Stereotypers' & Electrotypers' Union Jrnl. July 15/1 He held down a steady sit on the ‘News’ for a month, but finally decided to pull his card and go to Denver. 1955 Decisions & Orders National Labor Relations Board (U.S.) 111 1002 Well I'm going back in there and pull your card. You are fired. 1987 T. Downey Splendid Executioner 137 Better not let your union hear about this, Svenson, they'll pull your card for sure. b. slang (chiefly U.S., originally in the language of rap and hip-hop). To attack, beat, or kill a person; to challenge or confront; to call a person's bluff. ΚΠ 1985 ‘Run-D.M.C.’ Together Forever (Krush-Groove 4) (Live) (transcribed from song) My rock is hard, you can't pull my card. 1990 N.Y. Times 27 Feb. (Late ed.) b2/4 In the neighborhood, the street wisdom similarly was that Mr. Shelton was killed to keep him from testifying. ‘Put two and two together,’ said a man... ‘You don't think God pulled his card, do you?’ 1993 B. Cross It's not about Salary 33 Come talkin' that trash and we'll pull your card, knowin' nuthin' in life but to be legit, don't quote me boy cos I ain't sayin' shit. 2019 @erikonasis1313 17 Dec. in twitter.com (accessed 22 Apr. 2020) He should be ashamed of himself. I hope someone in his circle has pulled his card on this. < as lemmas |
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