But we're not just dealing with one house of cards.
The whole operation was falling down like a house of cards.
It looked as if a house of cards had been set on fire.
But at some point it becomes a house of cards that you're playing with.
Let's hope it brings the entire house of cards down.
They thought everything was just fine, until the house of cards eventually collapsed in 2007-2008.
The case around him was like a house of cards.
One day the information system will be hit and come down like a house of cards.
The house of cards doesn't end on the left side, though.
But suddenly his entire body seemed to give way like a house of cards, and he fell forward onto the floor.
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