0 a complicated organization or plan that is very weak and can easily be destroyed or easily go wrong --
The whole thing is a house of cards and will add to the instability of the country.
They have built a house of cards that will collapse.
It is rather like a group of people trying to build a house of cards.
If a wall is blown in or out all the floors come down like a house of cards.
Its house of cards is gradually falling apart.
Had we acted quickly at that time, the revolt might have collapsed like a house of cards.
If we do not have this knowledge base, once again we will be building a house of cards.
If the weakest link breaks, the inspection process will collapse like a house of cards.